It often occurs that pride and selfishness are muddled with strength and independence. They are neither equal nor similar; in fact, they are polar opposites. A coward may be so cowardly that he masks his weakness with some false personification of power. He is afraid...
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Criss Jami
But in the desert, in the pure clean atmosphere, in the silence — there you can find yourself. And unless you begin to know yourself, how can you even begin to search for God?
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Father Dioscuros
In the desert, the only god is a well.
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Vera Nazarian
An afternoon drive from Los Angeles will take you up into the high mountains, where eagles circle above the forests and the cold blue lakes, or out over the Mojave Desert, with its weird vegetation and immense vistas. Not very far away are Death Valley,...
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Christopher Isherwood
He watched her for her reaction, or possibly watched her just to watch, his eyes hooded by his lashes and his mouth impassive. A faceless man–such as the one she had dreamed of since she was a child–his identity not obscured by mist or flying...
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V.S. Carnes
More Quotes By Bear Grylls
Girls aside, the other thing I found in the last few years of being at school, was a quiet, but strong Christian faith — and this touched me profoundly, setting up a relationship or faith that has followed me ever since. I am so grateful...
Adventure should be 80 percent 'I think this is manageable, ' but it's good to have that last 20 percent where you're right outside your comfort zone. Still safe, but outside your comfort zone.
I mean, in the last few months alone, I've been pinned in a big set of white-water rapids, been bitten by an angry snake in a jungle, had a close escapewith a big mountain rockfall, narrowly avoided being eaten by a huge croc in the...
Many great people over the centuries have depended on their faith- it is a sign of great strength to need Jesus in your life.
You can't become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times. There's life in a nutshell.
