{"quotes":[{"text":"The spirit of divinity is the spirit of being.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["divine-grace","divine-intimacy","god","god-grace","inspirational-life","intimacy-with-god","religion","sacred-life","self-realization","spirit"],"id":83737,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"A jeweler will prefer the smallest fragment of diamond to several sapphires; and so, in the order established by God, our intimacy with Him gives Him more glory than all possible good, procured by us, for a great number of souls, but to the detriment of our own progress. Our Heavenly Father, “who devotes Himself more to the direction of a soul in which He reigns, than to the natural government of the whole universe and to the civil government of all empires,” looks for this harmony in our zeal.","author":"Jean-Baptiste Chautard","tags":["divine-intimacy","god","spiritual-growth"],"id":160090,"author_id":"Jean-Baptiste+Chautard"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":2,"pages":1}}