"man is by nature designed to live in the polis, the highest form of koinonia, community; that is man's end or goal if he achieves the full potentiality of his nature."

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Source : "Democracy Ancient And Modern". Book by Moses Finley (Second Edition). Chapter 3, Democracy, Consensus and National Interest, p. 90, 1985.

Moses Finley

#Men Quotes #Goal Quotes #Community Quotes

“The way to be anxious about nothing is to be prayerful about everything.”

Source : D. A. Carson (1996). “Basics for Believers: An Exposition of Philippians”, p.73, Baker Books
“If you over-plot your book you strangle your characters. Your characters have to have enough freedom and life to be able to surprise you.”
“Whenever I think of God I can only conceive of Him as a Being infinitely great and infinitely good. This last quality of the divine nature inspires me with such confidence and joy that I could have written even a miserere in tempo allegro.”
“The best way to get people to think outside the box is not to create the box in the first place.”
“It's utterly beautiful not to know my own edges.”

Source : Jenny Downham (2012). “Now is Good (Also published as Before I Die)”, p.212, Random House
“The imagery is very much released from reality. It's not nailed down to specifics of the words. They're painting a picture, not telling linear stories.”
“You are going to make choices and decisions that sometimes aren't going to always work in your favor and they are going to upset some other people.”
“Only the shallow know themselves.”

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