and i will restore to you

And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten.

Joel 2:25

the heart has reasons

The heart has reasons that reason does not know.

Blaise Pascal

I have an inward treasure born within me

I have an inward treasure born within me which can keep me alive if all the extraneous delights should be withheld; or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give.

Charlotte Brontë

do not neglect the gift that is in you

Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy with the laying on of the hands of eldership... Meditate on these things; give yourself entirely to them, that your progress may be evident to all...

1 Timothy 4:14-15

unwoo me

You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do...
Henry Ford

we shall find peace, we shall hear the angels

We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

Anton Chekhov :: Uncle Vanya (1899)

Self Pity

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself.
A bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself.

D. H. Lawrence

a son who chooses to step

There's no greater ally, no force more powerful, no enemy more resolved
then a son who chooses to step from his father's shadow.

Ronald Lampkin :: Battlestar Galactica

a disaster of significant proportions

Why does it take a disaster of such significant proportions to get us interested in our own lives?

best dreams to shame

God's gifts put man's best dreams to shame.