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“I've never been one for sitting on beaches.”
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“I dropped out of high school. I really had no interest in doing any school work whatsoever.”
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“A mind now clouded by the illusions of the innate darkness of life is like a tarnished mirror, but when polished, it is sure to become like a clear mirror, reflecting the essential nature of phenomena and the true aspect of reality. Arouse deep faith, and diligently polish your mirror day and night. How should you polish it? Only by chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo”
Source : Nichiren (2003). “The Writings of Nichiren Daishonin”
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“The greater the value of the object desired, the greater the effort required in it attainment.”
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“Wherever you are spiritually, whatever you have been through emotionally, you are already wrapped in the Lord’s embrace. Held by nail-scarred hands. Enfolded in the arms of One who believes in you, supports you, treasures you, and loves you.”
Source : Liz Curtis Higgs (2009). “Embrace Grace: Welcome to the Forgiven Life”, p.6, WaterBrook
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“The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.”
Source : "The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radical". Book by Shane Claiborne, 2006.
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“I have very strict rules in my head that seem to me to be the way things should sound.”
Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
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“And we realized that it was kind of a starting point for gymnastics, to go professional, and also to just get a lot more of the audiences in the arenas on the off years, in the years that we're not in the Olympics.”
