"The kingdom of heaven and the kingdom of God on the earth will be combined together at Christ's coming - and that time is not far distant. How I wish we could get the vision of this work, the genius of it, and realize the nearness of that great event. I am sure it would have a sobering effect upon us if we realized what is before us."

-- Gordon B. Hinckley

#Religious Quotes #Heaven Quotes #Self Reliance Quotes

“We have to have armies! We have to have military power! We have to have police forces, whether it's police in a great city or police in an international scale to keep those madmen from taking over the world and robbing the world of its liberties.”
“I guess I feel that I was following my instincts, and at the same time being guided by the best. I became totally intrigued with Louisiana - the people, the food. It is a part of my life. Everything that has happened for me since moving here has just been icing on the cake.”
“The cooking side is the easier way to be creative. On the policy side, it's harder to think of new approaches to problems.”
“Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language.”
“In truth, making films doesn't feel like hard work because I always have such a good time doing it.”
“A universe without purpose should neither depress us nor suggest that our lives are purposeless. Through an awe-inspiring cosmic history we find ourselves on this remote planet in a remote corner of the universe, endowed with intelligence and self-awareness. We should not despair, but should humbly rejoice in making the most of these gifts, and celebrate our brief moment in the sun.”
“When you adopt the standards and the values of someone else â€¦ you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender, less of a human being.”
“We're not meant to fit in. We're meant to stand out.”

Source : Sarah Ban Breathnach (1999). “Something More: Excavating Your Authentic Self”, G K Hall & Company

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