"Imprint deep upon your minds the principles of piety towards God, and a reverence and fear of His holy name. The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom and its consummation is everlasting felicity. Possess yourselves of just and elevated notions of the Divine character, attributes, and administration, and of the end and dignity of your own immortal nature as it stands related to Him."

-- William Samuel Johnson

#Character Quotes #Names Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.”
“Suffering is the sandpaper of our incarnation. It does its work of shaping us.”
“My mother taught me everything I know; how to speak properly, posture, enunciation.”

Source : "New wonder kid on the block" by Ed Pilkington, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2009.
“I was like every other boy in India, with a dream of playing for my country. Yet I could never have imagined a journey so long and so fulfilling. No dream is ever chased alone.”

Source : "Have Failed at Times, but Never Stopped Trying: Rahul Dravid". archive.indianexpress.com. March 10, 2012.
“In the Occupied Territories, what Israel is doing is much worse than apartheid. The South African Nationalists needed the black population. That was their workforce. The Israeli relationship to the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories is totally different. They just donâ€™t want them.”
“The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable. The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed.”

Source : "23 Warning Signs of a Toxic Friend" by Ann Davis, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 8, 2016.
“You know the mind is an astonishing, long-living, erotic thing.”

Source : Grace Paley (2014). “The Collected Stories”, p.205, Macmillan
“My favorite of my books is DAVE AT NIGHT, because it's loosely based on my father's childhood in an orphanage.”

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