I learned that the search for God is a Dark Night, that Faith is a Dark Night. And that’s hardly a surprise really, because for us each day is a dark night. None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, and yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have Faith.
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Through the year; and each December
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And tender broken voice that fills
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walking in the night. MING LUM PAOU KEEN I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a ... PAT BUCKLEY She didn't like to be alone at night. She was afraid of the dark, I don't know why. But one of us wo... AUDREY JOHNSON I knew we might be in for a rough night but I thought we'd play better than we did even missing six ... ANDY EMANUEL Into the dark night Resignedly I go, I am not so afraid of the dark night As the f... STEVIE SMITH Hope is a helium balloon. It is a wish lantern set out into the dark sky of night. SHARON WEIL The people need to walk at night. We built a walking path and now they're walking in the dark. COMMISSIONER MIGUEL TERAN I like the paranormal side a lot; that's my favorite kind of horror movie because it plays on yo... SHANLEY CASWELL Life is a journey. When we stop, things don't go right. POPE FRANCIS It looked as if a night of dark intent was coming, and not only a night, an age. Someone had better ... ROBERT FROST I can't really put it in one sentence because although on one hand Preacher is about faith and y... GARTH ENNIS I have to be careful because there is something destructive within me, I think, and I can have a ten... ALEXANDER SKARSGARD What came next wasn't exactly silence, because although it was quiet, a thousand things were being s... DEB CALETTI Lady Utterword: What a lovely night! It seems made for us. Hector: The night takes no interest in us... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Oh happy day! A day to make a hay! And when it is mid-day, think about the day! And when you think a... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The dark does not weep for itself because there is no light. Rather, it accepts that it is the dark. LIBBA BRAY The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God. SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS I am going to Gulf Shores to spend the week with some friends. But I can't go until Tuesday night be... ALVIN SIMMONS 'Last Man Standing' has been an amazing treat because it is the best day job you could have ... AMANDA FULLER I fell over twice. It was loud. The garden was black outside our circle of light. The endless night ... LAURE EVE When people discuss religion, it is a pity that they often become excited and argue. We should merel... HANIEL LONG when all is dark,
night has fallen,
the magic begins DEBBIE NICHOLSON We do want people going to work the next day, going to school the next day, saying, 'Did you see tha... FLODY SUAREZ Any team we play, you might as well throw their record out of the window because they're not going t... DEMARCUS NELSON We're kind of the comic relief of this movie because most of the stories are very dark. And that... CAROLINE DHAVERNAS May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, consideri... W. H. AUDEN I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is t... DOROTHY DIX This is a very, very dark day, not just for this family, but for all of us to know that nothing is r... JEFFREY ANDERSON Sometimes they keep us in the dark, but it's TV, so sometimes they keep us in the dark because e... AARON STANFORD Faith is the vision of the heart; it sees God in the dark as well as in the day. SOURCE UNKNOWN We couldn't understand because we were too far... and could not remember because we were traveling i... JOSEPH CONRAD It was the possibility of darkness that made the day seem so bright. STEPHEN KING
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That's why we go to movies and say, "... PAULO COELHO The srongest love is the love which is not afraid to show the weakness PAULO COELHO ليست الحرية غياب الالتزامات، إنما القدرة على اختيار ما... PAULO COELHO Free again, but it's just a feeling; freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the ability to c... PAULO COELHO No one should ever ask themselves that: why am I unhappy? The question carries within it the virus t... PAULO COELHO The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and like a mirro... PAULO COELHO Your eyes show the strength of your soul. PAULO COELHO Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his ... PAULO COELHO Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning I a... PAULO COELHO Love doesn't need to be discussed; it has its own voice and speaks for itself. PAULO COELHO No, I'm not mistaken. I know you don't love me. But I'm going to fight for your love. There are some... PAULO COELHO Go and get your things,' he said. 'Dreams mean work. PAULO COELHO The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us. PAULO COELHO We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. PAULO COELHO All love stories are the same. PAULO COELHO And I began to feel sorry for myself; for so many years, my drawer full of memories had held the sam... PAULO COELHO But he was wrong. Because I had fought with my heart and defeated it long ago. I was certainly not g... PAULO COELHO Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed ... PAULO COELHO That is why I write - to try to turn sadness into longing, solitude into remembrance. PAULO COELHO Wait. This was the first lesson I had learned about love. The day drags along, you make thousands of... PAULO COELHO Joy is sometimes a blessing, but it is often a conquest. Our magic moment help us to change and send... PAULO COELHO It's risky, falling in love." "I know that," I answered. "I've been in love before. It's ... PAULO COELHO In fairy tales, the princesses kiss the frogs, and the frogs become princes. In real life, the price... PAULO COELHO But love is much like a dam; if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water... PAULO COELHO To love is to lose control. PAULO COELHO Happiness is something that multiplies when it is divided. PAULO COELHO God always offers us a second chance in life. PAULO COELHO Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown -even when we don't want to and w... PAULO COELHO If I must fall, may it be from a high place. PAULO COELHO Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with a soaking joy. But sometimes under th... PAULO COELHO We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciati... PAULO COELHO