"I sometimes think that God will ask us, 'That wonderful world of mine, why didn't you enjoy it more?"

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Source : Ronald Blythe (2007). “Out of the Valley: Another Year at Wormingford”, p.18, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

Ronald Blythe

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“The Kama Sutra is neither exclusively a sex manual nor, as also commonly used art, a sacred or religious work. It is certainly not a tantric text. In opening with a discussion of the three aims of ancient Hindu life â€“ dharma, artha and kama â€“ Vatsyayana's purpose is to set kama, or enjoyment of the senses, in context. Thus dharma or virtuous living is the highest aim, artha, the amassing of wealth is next, and kama is the least of three.”
“What we still designate as chance, merely depends on a concatenation of circumstances, the internal connection and final causes of which we have as yet been unable to unravel.”

Source : Ludwig Büchner (1891). “Force and Matter: Or, Principles of the Natural Order of the Universe. With a System of Morality Based Thereon”
“The biggest concern with female athletes is they don't naturally compete. And so I think a part of what we do here exceptionally well that separates us from other programs is we train them to compete. So a huge challenge in women's athletics is to get them to compete against their teammates and friends in practice with the same intensity they compete with their bitter rivals. So that's a huge challenge for me, to get the women in practice to go after each other the way you would a rival”
“There is a spirit, an energy, that works with us. We've all felt it at some point in our lives.”
“Children are not created fully equipped with such values as courage, compassion, integrity, and insights into the motives and needs of themselves and of others.”
“We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot. I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician. My intent wasn't to save the world as much as to heal myself. Few doctors will admit this, certainly not young ones, but subconsciously, in entering the profession, we must believe that ministering to others will heal our woundedness. And it can. but it can also deepen the wound.”
“I like New York because you're kind of forced to smell everybody else's funk. So it keeps you biologically attached to the world around you.”
“Thereâ€™s a crack (or cracks) in everyoneâ€¦thatâ€™s how the light of God gets in.”

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