"To envy is to draw circles that isolate us from others, to take small, bitter trips that diminish the traveler."

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Source : "Night Lights: Bedtime Stories for Parents in the Dark". Book by Phyllis Grissim-Theroux, 1987.

Phyllis Grissim-Theroux

#Circles Quotes #Envy Quotes #Bitter Quotes

“The prayer power has never been tried to its full capacity...if we want to see might wonders of divine power and grace wrought in the place of weakness, failure and disappointment, let us answer God's standing challenge, "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and might things which thou knowest not."”
“For me, I don't think I gravitate to listening to only dark music.”
“When I don't write, I feel my world shrink. I lose my fire, my color.”
“Tis ever thus when favours are denied; All had been granted but the thing we beg: And still some great unlikely substitute-- Your life, your soul, your all of earthly good-- Is proffer'd, in the room of one small boon.”
“Men are constantly attracted and deluded by two opposite charms: the charm of competence which is engendered by mathematics and everything akin to mathematics, and the charm of humble awe, which is engendered by meditation on the human soul and its experiences. Philosophy is characterized by the gentle, if firm, refusal to succumb to either charm.”
“The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.”
“The fact is that everything I have in my pockets is carefully chosen so Iâ€™ll always be prepared. Everything is there so I can be at an advantage at the moment of truth. Actually, thatâ€™s not accurate. Everythingâ€™s there so I wonâ€™t be at a disadvantage at the moment of truth.”
“I know that great gifts come at a price, and that not all talent inspires admiration.”

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