"In the polls, over 80% support the right to die and have done for the last 25 years. Even 80% of practising Catholics and Protestants support it, plus 76% of Church Times readers."

-- Polly Toynbee

#Years Quotes #Support Quotes #Catholic Quotes

“Grace is something that comes to us when we somehow find ourselves completely available, when we become openhearted and open-minded, and are willing to entertain the possibility that we may not know what we think we know.”

Source : Adyashanti (2011). “Falling into Grace: Insights on the End of Suffering”, p.10, Sounds True
“At one point people in al Qaeda were actually drawing monthly paychecks when they were based in Sudan.”
“The crows may crow, but the hens deliver the goods.”
“Whether it's in an inner-city school or a rural community, I want those students to have a chance to take A.P. biology and A.P. physics and marine biology.”
“We attach our feelings to the moment when we were hurt, endowing it with immortality. And we let it assault us every time it comes to mind. It travels with us, sleeps with us, hovers over us while we make love, and broods over us while we die. Our hate does not even have the decency to die when those we hate die-for it is a parasite sucking OUR blood, not theirs. There is only one remedy for it. [forgiveness]”
“Yellow is my favorite, but what is yellow? Handmaiden to white, it is a slight tarnish of pure light. Take away a bit of whites absolute luminosity, and what remains is yellow -- sunlike, golden as a crown, buttercups in a field, marsh marigolds, a finch's wing, a plastic flute.”

Source : Richard Grossinger (2011). “The Bardo of Waking Life”, p.87, North Atlantic Books
“I don't know who St. Valentine was, but I hope he died alone, surrounded by couples.”

Source : Twitter post from Feb 14, 2018
“I felt like I was in charge.”

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