"Goering appeared at times to be all things to all men."

-- Richard Overy

#Men Quotes #Goering Quotes #All Things Quotes

“Like Mary, let us be full of zeal to go in haste to give Jesus to others. She was full of grace when, at the annunciation, she received Jesus. Like her, we too become full of grace every time we receive Holy Communion. It is the same Jesus whom she received and whom we receive at Mass. As soon as we receive Jesus in Holy Communion, let us go in haste to give Him to our sisters, to our poor, to the sick, to the dying, to the lepers, to the unwanted, and the unloved. By this we make Jesus present in the world today.”
“Sigmund Freud was once asked to describe the characteristics of maturity, and he replied: lieben un arbeiten ("loving and working"). The mature adult is one who can love and allow himself or herself to be loved and who can work productively, meaningfully, and with satisfaction.”

Source : David Elkind (2009). “The Hurried Child, 25th anniversary edition”, p.19, Da Capo Press
“Be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.”
“Nothing stands for content-free corporate bullshit quite like PowerPoint. And that's just scratching the surface...”

Source : Charles Stross (2009). “The Jennifer Morgue”, p.38, Penguin
“We'll explain the appeal of curling to you if you explain the appeal of the National Rifle Association to us.”
“Is Bobby Fischer quite sane?”
“There is one thing we know about meaning, that meaning consists in attachment to something bigger than you are. The larger the thing that you can credibly attach yourself to, the more meaning you get out of life.”
“The word of God is very important to Christmas. For unto us a child was born, and we should be reminded of how Christ's amazing journey came to be.”

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