"No man can choose to serve only himself when he has something to offer his state. No one can put his own wishes above the needs of so many."

-- Megan Whalen Turner

#Men Quotes #Wish Quotes #Needs Quotes

“You're captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels you to go on destroying the world in order to live. â€¦ You are captivesâ€”and you have made a captive of the world itself. That's what's at stake, isn't it?â€”your captivity and the captivity of the world.”

Source : Daniel Quinn (2009). “Ishmael: A Novel”, p.25, Bantam
“If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.”
“The rest of the story from Acts 1:8 explains that Christ-followers have a mission while here on earth. They are to be Christâ€™s witnesses all over this planet. Itâ€™s as if Christ said, â€œThink youâ€™re missing the book smarts, the street smarts, the looks, the talent, or the speaking ability to accomplish this mission? Donâ€™t be concerned with those things, because you have my mountain-moving, life-transforming, death-defying power on your side.â€”
“I eyed her like a thirsty traveler in the desert looks at a pail of water.”
“As a writer, it's fun to free yourself enough to tap into some darker elements of your personality that sometimes I don't even know exist. It doesn't feel like work.”
“I gave my wife a twenty-five-dollar gift certificate. She used it as a down payment on a mink coat.”
“Sometimes while you wait for what you think is better, Philomene said, what is good enough slips away.”
“I like radio because you can do an hour-long interview and then three days later have a finished piece.”

Source : "'This American Life,' en Español". Interview with Ian Gordon, www.motherjones.com. November/December 2012.

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