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Organized religion is making Christianity political rather than making politics Christian.


Laurens Van der Post

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SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Life is an ocean of waves, deep as it is wide, with two choices, swim or drown.
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE The unconscious mind takes note of things the conscious mind has not seen
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE A fathers little girl will grow up one day and continue the legacy she learned from him...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Devotion and strength are some of the masterpieces, life has gifted my heart with. Although i am gra...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Stop shaking the tree of life to get the nuts, grow your own tree and sell the nuts...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE I'm the kind of crazy no one can deal with, but no one can live without...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE The mind of a man is a twisted place, with many roads and many destinations...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE When minutes are replaced by breaths and your heartbeat is all you hear, you will need to press your...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE We all have heroes, some stay longer then just summertime...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE In a crazy world full of the unknown, you will need two things... Your Gun and My Chemical Romance a...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Either take over, or move over...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE If this was the last quote i ever wrote, i'd want you to know that writing this took everything from...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE We imagine the day will never come, our loved one's will always be a message, a call or a visit away...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Be unpredictable and change everything...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Your fate can never change you, only you have the power to change your fate...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Envisioning and predicting our future will ensure we become a resilient species that stops engaging ...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE If the sunrise stays beautiful, i will have a reason to wake up everyday...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE I could say.. Been there, done that and got the t-shirt. But i'm not here for just one t-shirt...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE It is better to fail while trying, then to never try at all...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Struggling through my life has brought me to my knees over a hundred times, but it's taught me that ...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE I am that friend who comes back for you in a fiery building, but i am also that friend who will set ...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE And just as we acquaint ourselves with materials, just as we must understand functions, so we must b...
LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE Because my soul marches to the beat of an Icon Army, does not mean i am at war. It simply means that...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Today i am bolder then i was yesterday, fighting the fight of life like i was a soldier in it...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE The great error of our nature is not knowing the difference between the pursuit of happiness, and th...
JOHANNES DIRK VAN DER MEER Dreams can be your light in the dark and can shelter you from the rain. Dreams can lift you to the h...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE If you can’t see your vision, nobody else ever will...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE If a bird stops flying for a while, is it still a bird?
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE When we admire beautiful things do we ever consider how much was endured to become so beautiful...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE You can give everything you have inside of you every day or night too better your life, but unless y...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE We were faster then the wind, wilder then the sunset and crazier then the morning dew. We maybe apar...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Thrashing sounds shred the air not once or twice, but thrice. Grinding airwaves into fine lines for ...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE Who says your best friend needs to be a human...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE