"It is just that he should act with reserve towards those who act with reserve towards him. On the contrary, he gives himself entirely to those souls, who, driving from their hearts everything that is not God, and does not lead them to his love, and giving themselves to him without reserve, truly say to him: My God and my all."

-- Alphonsus Liguori

#Heart Quotes #Attachment Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Radicalization does not happen to young people with a strong grounding in the American Muslim mainstream; increasingly, it happens online, and sometimes abroad, among the isolated and disaffected.”

Source : "The Daily Debate" by Robert Tracinski, www.realclearpolitics.com. April 25, 2013.
“Is there anyoneâ€™s life story you donâ€™t want to know?â€ â€œNot really.â€ His expression was unexpectedly serious. â€œBecause people make a story of their lives. Gains, losses, tragedy and triumphâ€”you can tell a lot about someone simply by what they put into each category. You can learn a lot about what you put into each category by your reaction to them. They teach you about yourself without ever intending to do itâ€”and they teach you a lot about life.”
“At least when the Emperor Justinian, a sky-god man, decided to outlaw sodomy, he had to come up with a good practical reason, which he did. It is well known, Justinian declared, that buggery is a principal cause of earthquakes, and so must be prohibited. But our sky-godders, always eager to hate, still quote Leviticus, as if that looney text had anything useful to say about anything except, perhaps, the inadvisability of eating shellfish in the Jerusalem area.”
“Doug Christie, what skill, what strenght, what power, what quickness. The visionof Magic Johnson, the athletisicm of Michael Jordan, the toughness of larry Bird. Dough Christie has it all”
“Whenever women catfight, men think it's going to turn to sex.”
“I steal things from people, characteristics, and I just stock them in my head like a library to use for characters in the future.”
“Never to have occasion to take a position, to make up one's mind, or to define oneself â€” there is no wish I make more often.”
“Most people are one car wreck away from needing somebody's help. So, I don't take anything for granted much anymore.”

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