Meir Soloveichik Quotes
God can desire to enter into a relationship with us; he can be drawn to some aspect of our identity.
Quotes to Explore
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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.
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The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.
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People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.
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From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.
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Actions yield result by the ordinance of God as He wills.
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I understand the desire to write and read about the death of publishing. It's a perversely and universally appealing topic.
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I'm so happy to be in a committed relationship.
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I just knew that God wasn't there. He was a man on a throne in Heaven, so he was easy to forget.
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I love going to second-hand stores.
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I think you have to learn for yourself how to write. I'm slightly mystified by creative writing courses - God love them - because I can't understand how you can explain a process that I find so baffling.
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When we're ill, one of the last things we have that we can enjoy is food.
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We're immersed in the spirit of God all the time. We just don't notice.
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I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy the experience of getting thoughts and ideas and plots and characters organised into this narrative framework.
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Don't look for approval in what everyone else is doing; look for approval from Almighty God.
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God forbid that women have fantasies.
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I don't remember feeling love.
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If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
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Our works decay and disappear but God gentlest works stay looking down on the ruins we toil to rear.
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A process for discernment: God is my ultimate source of truth and wisdom, and dwells forever at the center of my being. Therefore, any thought, emotion, or action that takes me further from my center can be neither truthful, nor wise.
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When the world changed, people were different. Towns closed, cities were boarded up, communities abandoned, their governments collapsed. They seemed to have no qualms that were obvious to you or me about walking away from what they called a useless pile of rubbish, and never looking back.
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I write in reverse: Rather than come up with a narrative and write jokes for that narrative, I write jokes independently of the narrative, then I try to fit them in.
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The heaviest burden that one has to bear in this life is the burden of sin.
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I don't know what it would be like to actually play guitar. I've toured with a lot of comedians and it's never been like it is for a rock band.
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God can desire to enter into a relationship with us; he can be drawn to some aspect of our identity.
