Jokull Journal Quotes & Sayings

Each father wants their sons to be just like them, really. — Ziggy Marley

Prayer is a force as real as terrestrial gravity. As a physician, I have seen men lifted out of sickness by the power of prayer. It is the only power in the world that overcomes the laws of nature. — Alexis Carrel

One always treads with a joyful step when one has dropped the burden called the ego. — Anthony De Mello

The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Love is the divine quality that everywhere produces and restores life. To each and every one of us, it gives the power of working miracles if we will. — Lydia M. Child

Memory is a cloudy, disjointed thing - like disconnected dreams with images scattered and thrown to settle where they please. — Patti Callahan Henry

Men chase by night those they will not greet by day. — Camille Paglia

His mouth came down on mine and the belly flutter broke the Richter scale. — Kristen Ashley

Butterflys are free — Unknown Author 848

At the crossroad, where do you turn to? Listen to your inner-self, it will point the right road for you to follow. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If Conrad remembered the skinny, frightened girl he'd held for one brief moment on a frigid Boston street corner, he showed no signs of it when we met
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Even as I tried to urge hum back against the pillows, he looked at me with wild eyes.
"What happened to your leather jacket?" he asked.
"Shh," I said, trying to sooth him. "There's no leather jacket."
"You were wearing it the first time I saw you," he said, frowning slightly. — Lauren Oliver

For he will speak peace to his people. . . . psalm 85:8 Peace is a language. To "speak peace" is very different from speaking of peace. To speak of peace is to reason about it. But to speak peace is to impart it. The promise in this psalm is that God will make peace with us and among us. But the phrase also serves as a reminder that our words are acts. When we speak, we may stir up animosities, suspicions, jealousies, or old hurts - or we may impart peace. Peace may be "uttered" not only in gentleness of voice when we speak, but in the choice of words that reframe, redirect, or surprise us into reconsidering. Sometimes a way of describing the problem or conflict as an opportunity for invention or imagination or learning can enable those who are stuck in a point of view to see a new way. — Marilyn Chandler McEntyre

When we find inspiration, we need to take action for ourselves and for our communities. Even if it means making a hard choice, or cutting out something and leaving it in your past. — Aron Ralston

God will open up places of service for you as He sees you are ready. Meanwhile, study the Bible and give yourself a chance to grow. — Warren W. Wiersbe