"If we were immortal, then life would be meaningless, because nothing would be of consequence. Certainly one way of taking the edge off the prospect of our inevitable demise is to ponder how much more horrendous it would be if we persisted in perpetuity. And yet, if you told me I had X number of days left to live, I would lobby for X plus one."

-- Sheldon Solomon

#Pondering Quotes #Inevitable Quotes #Immortal Quotes

“The moment it begins to question itself, the mind becomes so clear that it starts working with itself rather than with the body's identification.”
“I am an avid reader! As for writing, I might - someday. But we'll have to wait and see.”

Source : "Stage to Screens: Zosia Mamet, One of the "Girls," Is Now Really Really Starring Off-Broadway". Interview with Christopher Wallenberg, www.playbill.com. February 19, 2013.
“Honestly, when I had the idea to make 'An Inconvenient Truth,' and I was going out and raising the money, and I said, 'I want to make a movie about Al Gore's slide show, will you give me a million dollars?' People thought I was insane, looked at me cross-eyed.”
“The fulness of the Spirit is not a question of our getting more of the Holy Spirit, but rather of the Holy Spirit getting more of us.”
“We often learn more of God under the rod that strikes us than under the staff that comforts us.”

Source : Stephen Charnock (1815). “The Works of the Late Rev. Stephen Charnock ... With a Prefatory Dedication and Memoir”, p.678
“Treat God like a dangerous loony - keep him calm and stay on his good side.”
“I know that all cops are not sterling characters. But you have to have someone to root for. I balance it with rotten cops who will take a bribe, who will beat somebody up.”
“Become better listeners. Practice the art of listening in everything you do. Not just listening to yourself and your body, but listening to the people around you, listening to the plant world, the animal world. Really open your ears to what's coming at you. From there, see if you can have the ability to respond instead of react. And that usually comes with listening. If the observation and the listening are deep, then your action will be deep also.”

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