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"Underneath all things means that beneath the floorboards, in the depths, in the spaces between the pebbles or sandy floor that contain the pond, that hold our own inside person, is something that can't be destroyed, a foundation that keeps all the water from sinking back into the earth. Something is there, something we need, when we come to rest, when all is lost."
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"Time is the source of all things."
"The word church as applied to the Christian society was first used by Jesus Himself when He told Peter, "Upon this rock I will build my church". Matthew 16:18. He is the foundation of all Christian experience."
"The invisible things are the value system."
"Nations and governments come and go, but people remain, and therefore people are the ultimate foundation of what is real and worthy."
"I love what Jacksonville taught me and where it led me. The good, the bad and the indifferent all helped shape me. I may not live there anymore but it lives inside me. It is and will always be my foundation."
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"The false starts and futilities of the past years proved themselves to be groundwork, foundations, laid in the dark but well laid."
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"The foundation upon which any society is built is called values."
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"I do not at all understand the mystery of grace - only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us."
"Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?"
"You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the chattering of the rational mind."
"As a Christian and a feminist, the most important message I can carry and fight for is the sacredness of each human life, and reproductive rights for all women are a crucial part of that. It is a moral necessity that we not be forced to bring children into the world for whom we cannot be responsible and adoring and present. We must not inflict life on children who will be resented; we must not inflict unwanted children on society."
"I do know the sorrow of being ordinary, and that much of our life is spent doing the crazy mental arithmetic of how, at any given moment, we might improve, or at least disguise or present our defects and screw-ups in either more charming or more intimidating ways."
"We stitch together quilts of meaning to keep us warm and safe, with whatever patches of beauty and utility we have on hand."
"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better."
"Some people won't go the extra mile, and then on their birthday, when no one makes a fuss, they feel neglected and bitter."
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