we are myth-makers.

audreyassad:

“We have come from God, and inevitably the myths woven by us, though they contain error, will also reflect a splintered fragment of the true light, the eternal truth that is with God.” –J.R.R. Tolkien

"There were scars before my scars
Love written on the hands that hung the stars
Hope living in the blood that was spilled for me"

JJ Heller, Control

"For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us."

2 Corinthians 4:6-7, NIV

"I’d like to be my old self again
But I’m still trying to find it"

Taylor Swift, All Too Well

prettie-sweet:

(via 8 x 10 / God won’t tie your soul to a dead end dream by lovejuliet)

"Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that mountain."

Jack Kerouac (via 74k)

(Source: likeafieldmouse, via kimber-lane)

Alan Bennett, via

"Is this a soul that stirs in me
Is it breaking free, wanting to come alive?"

Brooke Fraser, C.S. Lewis Song

"Many are asking, “Who can show us any good?”
Let the light of your face shine upon us, O Lord."

Psalm 4:6, NIV

"Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud,
but humility comes before honor."

Proverbs 18:12, NIV

"A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all."

Georges Bernanos, via

"Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us."

Voltaire (found via)

"But in the meantime, you must be content, I say, to be misunderstood for a while. We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary.”
“What is that, grandmother?”
“To understand other people."

The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald

"The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos."

Hayao Miyazaki

"Having perfected our disguise, we spend our lives searching for someone we don’t fool."

Robert Brault (via creatingaquietmind)

(via leightmoore)