"The poem is not a physical body. It's a textual body that has life only insofar as it can act symbolically. It cannot physically act."

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Source : Source: www.oxfordjournals.org

Shirley Geok-lin Lim

#Body Quotes #Physical Body Quotes

“Hear all ye angels, progeny of light, Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers.”
“Never give up hope, spring will come.”
“It is our solemn duty, our precious privilege-even our sacred opportunity-to welcome to our homes and to our hearts the children who grace our lives.”
“The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him there.”
“He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.”

Source : Harry Emerson Fosdick (1946). “On Being Fit to Live with: Sermons on Post-war Christianity”, New York ; London [Eng.] : Harper & Brothers
“When you have a powerful, long-term vision for something, even against all odds and adversity, you will continue to make progress and people will want to get on board. Why? Because everybody wants to be a part of something great.”
“The freedom to share one's insights and judgments verbally or in writing is, just like the freedom to think, a holy and inalienable right of humanity that, as a universal human right, is above all the rights of princes.”
“Where another person sees problems, a leader sees possibilities. ... Leaders must have the courage to follow their vision, to believe in the invisible, to work for something that's still only a possibility, while others often wring their hands in despair.”

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