"I know that many of you do wear such a cross of Christ, not in any ostentatious way, not in a way that might harm you at your work or recreation, but a simple indication that you value the role of Jesus Christ in the history of the world, that you are trying to live by Christ's standards in your own daily life."

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Source : "Catholic cardinal calls on Christians to wear their crosses every day" by Damien Pearse, www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2012.

Keith O'Brien

#Jesus Quotes #Simple Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Ethical and questions of philosophy interest me a great deal.”
“The social scientist is in a difficult, if not impossible position. On the one hand there is the temptation to see all of society as one's autobiography writ large, surely not the path to general truth. On the other hand, there is the attempt to be general and objective by pretending that one knows nothing about the experience of being human, forcing the investigator to pretend that people usually know and tell the truth about important issues, when we all know from our own lives how impossible that is.”

Source : "Sex, Lies, and Social Science". The New York Review of Books, www.nybooks.com. April 20, 1995.
“Life can be a lot broader... when you realize one simple thing: And that is that everything around us that we call life was made up by people who were no smarter than you. And you can build your own life that other people can live in. So build a life. Don't live one. Build one. Find your opportunity, and always be sexy.”

Source : "The TCA's Most Aww-Worthy Moments" by Samantha Zabell, www.seventeen.com. August 12, 2013.
“For me writing isn't a mental exercise, it's barely even a literary exercise, it feels like a spiritual experience.”
“Justice has to be done, justice must be seen to be done, what the AU is simply saying is that what is critical, what is the priority, is peace. That is priority number one now.”
“The lips are closed, for the dancer has plenty of other voices at his service.”

Source : Lucian of Samosata (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Lucian (Illustrated)”, p.620, Delphi Classics
“The worst potential bio-terrorist is nature itself.”
“Sometimes when you hear so much and everybody is praising you, you can get lost in that. You can start thinking that you are on a higher pedestal than everyone else. So I try to stay level headed, humble and the best way to do that is to not really acknowledge it that much. I just keep grinding and working as hard as I can. I also set my goals higher so that I don't have time to be content with my place in life and in my career.”

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