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"Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation."
"Though a quarrel in the streets is a thing to be hated, the energies displayed in it are fine; the commonest man shows a grace in his quarrel."
"Thank you for explaining that my eye cancer isn't going to make me deaf. I feel so fortunate that an intellectual giant like yourself would deign to operate on me."
"That's what we should do, Hazel Grace: We should team up and be this disabled vigilante duo roaring through the world, righting wrongs, defending the weak, protecting the endangered."
"Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose good with the assistance of grace; evil, when grace is absent."
"This then is salvation - when we marvel at the beauty of created things and praise their beautiful Creator."
"The night is young, and by the grace of magic, so are we."
"From the moment a soul has the grace to know God, she must seek."
"It takes all sorts to make a world; or a church. This may be even truer of a church. If grace perfects nature it must expand all our natures into the full richness of the diversity which God intended when He made them, and Heaven will display far more variety than Hell."
"We can still see God in other people and do our best to help them find their own grace. So that’s what I strive to do and pray to do every day."
"Even within the seemingly most unacceptable and painful situation is concealed a deeper good, and within every disaster is contained the seed of grace."
"Plato used to say to Xenocrates the philosopher, who was rough and morose, "Good Xenocrates, sacrifice to the Graces."
"I presume that it is the better part of wisdom that we bow to our fate with as good grace as possible."
"Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds."
"A courteous, yet harrowing Grace, As Guest, that would be gone"
"Forgiveness is better than revenge, for forgiveness is the sign of a gentle nature, but revenge is the sign of a savage nature. the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace."
"The rich can buy everything but health, virtue, friendship, wit, good looks, love, pride, intelligence, grace, and, if you need it, happiness."
"When you hear Doc Watson singing Amazing Grace, something else enters the room."
"So may heaven's grace clear away the foam from the conscience, that the river of thy thoughts may roll limpid thenceforth."
"Hast thou virtue? acquire also the graces and beauties of virtue."
