"I believe that we have the ability to change our lives using our imaginations. Imagination is a muscle—the more you use it, the stronger it gets."

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Source : Rodman Philbrick (2015). “Lobster Boy”, p.90, Usborne Publishing Ltd

Rodman Philbrick

#Believe Quotes #Imagination Quotes #Stronger Quotes

“When we say 'hallowed be Your name' to God what we are really saying is 'Father, make us such as deserve knowledge and understanding of how holy You are, or at least let Your holiness shine forth in the spiritual lives we lead.' And this surely happens as men see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven.”

Source : John Cassian, Colm Luibhéid (1985). “Conferences”, p.113, Paulist Press
“I grew up in a household where everybody lived at the top of his lungs.”
“Jnana is given neither from outside nor from another person. It can be realised by each and everyone in his own Heart. The jnana Guru of everyone is only the Supreme Self that is always revealing its own truth in every Heart through the being-conciousness 'I am, I am.' The granting of true knowledge by him is initiation into jnana. The grace of the Guru is only that Self-awareness that is one's own true nature. It is the inner conciousness by which he is unceasingly revealing his existence. This divine upadesa is always going on naturally in everyone.”
“From the Berlin tenement reform law of 1897 to H. P. Berlage's plan for Amsterdam South of 1917, designers and theorists in Germany and Holland moved toward the development of a perimeter residential block that would preserve the plastic continuity of the street while opening up the resultant courtyard for use as an enclosed semi-public space.”
“The test of good citizenship is loyalty to country.”
“Feel is a lot more important than accuracy.”
“Vampires always order hot drinks. They aren't going to drink them; but they can feel the warmth and smell them if they're hot, and that is so good.”
“You cannot truly say you live well unless you eat well.”

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