"My life is spent in perpetual alternation between two rhythms, the rhythm of attracting people for fear I may be lonely and the rhythm of trying to get rid of them because I know that I am bored."

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Source : In Observer 12 Dec. 1948, p. 2

C. E. M. Joad

#Lonely Quotes #Being Alone Quotes #Two Quotes

“The way of Jesus cannot be imposed or mapped â€” it requires an active participation in following Jesus as he leads us through sometimes strange and unfamiliar territory, in circumstances that become clear only in the hesitations and questionings, in the pauses and reflections where we engage in prayerful conversation with one another and with him.”
“I'm afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.”
“The idea of goodies and baddies has always fascinated me, and what people consider to be a goodie or a baddie, because I've never seen any of my characters as baddies.”
“Cicero calls gratitude the mother of virtues the most capital of all duties, and uses the words grateful and good as synonymous terms, inseparably united in the same character.”
“You can't assume that kindness is an inherited trait. It is learned behavior.”
“A positive state of mind is not merely good for you, it benefits everyone with whom you come into contact, literally changing the world.”
“Demographics is destiny.”
“When you prohibit failure, you kill innovation. If you kill innovation in fundraising, you can't raise more revenue. If you can't raise more revenue, you can't grow. And if you can't grow, you can't possibly solve large social problems.”

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