Wednesday, November 17, 2010

"Most of us live on the borders of consciousness—consciously serving, consciously devoted to God.  All this is immature, it is not the real life yet.  The mature stage is the life of a child which is never conscious; we become so abandoned to God that the consciousness of being used never enters in.  A saint is never consciously a saint; a saint is consciously dependent on God." ---Oswald Chambers

"Life is all about love.  Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task.  It runs counter to our self-centered nature.  That's why we're given a lifetime to learn it." ---Rick Warren in The Purpose Driven Life

"I like spring, but it is too young.  I like summer, but it is too proud.  So I like best of all autumn, because its leaves are a little yellow, its tone mellower, its colors richer, and it is tinged a little with sorrow . . . .  Its golden riches speak not of the innocence of spring, nor of the power of summer, but of the mellowness and kingly wisdom of approaching age.  It knows the limitations of life and is content." ---Lin Yutang