Sometimes I have loved the peacefulness of an ordinary Sunday. It is like standing in a newly planted garden after a warm rain. You can feel the silent and invisible life.

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"Love is holy because it is like grace – the worthiness of its object is never really what matters."

- Marilynne Robinson

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"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."

- Epictetus

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"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday."

- A. A. Milne

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"Small is not just a stepping stone. Small is a great destination itself."

- Jason Fried

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"The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing."

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"As for you, you will join your ancestors in peace and be buried after a good long life."

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