A larger hope

"The small and even overpowering pains of our lives are intimately connected

with the greater pains of Christ.

Our daily sorrows are anchored in a greater sorrow, and therefore a larger hope."

~Henri Nouwen

Something beautiful in your heart

  Kasteel Amerongen, my second home...

"In difficult times carry something beautiful in your heart."

~Blaise Pascal

Keep love in your heart

Zandenplas, Nunspeet

"Keep love in your heart.
A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead."
~Oscar Wilde

We know with Whom we go

Wijk bij Duurstede

"Wherever Jesus may lead us, He goes before us.

If we don’t know where we are going, we know with Whom we go."

~Charles Spurgeon

Hope

"Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances

which we know to be desperate."

~G.K. Chesterton