"Then it was as if I suddenly saw the secret beauty of their hearts, the depths of their hearts where neither sin nor desire nor self-knowledge can reach, the core of their reality, the person that each one is in God's eyes. If only they could see themselves as they really are. If only we could see each other that way all the time, there would be no more war, no more hatred, no more cruelty, no more greed . . . I suppose the big problem would be that we would fall down and worship each other."

-- Thomas Merton

#Peace Quotes #War Quotes #Fall Quotes

“The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.”
“If you do not change, you can become extinct !”

Source : Spencer Johnson (1998). “Who Moved My Cheese?: An A-Mazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life”, p.27, Penguin
“If you can't be pretty, you have to learn to make yourself attractive. I found that all the pretty girls I went to high school with came to middle age as frumps, because they just got by with their pretty faces, so they never developed anything. They never learned how to be interesting. But if you are bereft of certain things, you have to make up for them in certain ways. Don't you think?”

Source : "Iris Apfel, fashion darling. Aged 88" by Gaby Wood, www.theguardian.com. January 16, 2010.
“You want to feel appreciated, definitely. I think I've been very lucky to have a long enough career, so that I do get this kind of feedback.”
“Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship.”
“I worked for Sam Peckinpah on quite a bit of action in his films, and he got excited once in a while.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.”

Source : Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. November 02, 2012.
“People shouldn't notice what you're wearing before they notice you. You want people to register you first. 'Oh, what a nice jacket' should be an afterthought if you're doing it right.”

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