"Whatever our place allotted to us by Providence that for us is the post of honor and duty. God estimates us, not by the position we are in, but by the way in which we fill it."

-- Tryon Edwards

#Honor Quotes #Way Quotes #Providence Quotes

“Each person is sacred, no matter what his or her culture, religion, handicap, or fragility. Each person is created in Godâ€™s image; each one has a heart, a capacity to love and to be loved.”

Source : Jean Vanier (2013). “The Heart of L'Arche: A spirituality for every day”, p.33, SPCK
“This is a super masticated subject, and it is time to spit it out.”
“That is how it feels. Like everything between us is twisted together, friendship and love and family, so I cant tell the difference between any of them.”
“How comes it that a cripple does not offend us, but a fool does? Because a cripple recognizes that we walk straight, whereas a fool declares that it is we who are silly; if it were not so, we should feel pity and not anger.”
“It is almost a joke, but a joke that nobody tells.”
“It's funny, when I'm not on the road or doing stuff with Bad Company - or whatever- I've always written songs galore... a lot of stuff people don't even hear.”
“Stupidity was as necessary as intelligence, and as difficult to attain.”
“You read, move your lips, figure out the words, and it's like you're in two places at the same time: you're sitting or lying with your legs curled up, your hand groping in the bowl, but you can see different worlds, far-off worlds that maybe never existed but still seem real. You run or sail or race in a sleigh--you're running away from someone, or you yourself have decided to attack--your heart thumps, life flies by, and it's wondrous: you can live as many different lives as there are books to read.”

Source : Tatyana Tolstaya (2016). “The Slynx”, p.127, New York Review of Books

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