"There is a glare about worldly success which is very apt to dazzle men's eyes."

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Source : Augustus William Hare (1836). “Sermons to a country congregation”, p.451

Augustus William Hare

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“It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.”
“I dont really believe in regret or mistakes. I try to take everything as it is, be comfortable with myself.”
“As with any other great force of nature, there is both glory and danger in the stories we tell ourselves. Some are toxic and keep our problems festering. Others are tonic and bring us beyond the limitations of our previous history. To be in a life of our own definition, we must be able to discover which stories we are following and determine which ones help us grow the most interesting possibilities.”

Source : Dawna Markova (2000). “I Will Not Die An Unlived Life: Reclaiming Passion and Purpose”, Conari Press
“Although women do two-thirds of the world's labor, they own less than one percent of the world's assets.”
“I want to build you a house with my bare hands and carry you over the threshold. I want too cook for you every evening and bring you tea in bed in the mornings. I want to read with you in front of an open fire, sipping a glass of wine. I want to drive you to the beach and lie next to you in the sun. I may not be a man of means, bit I want to take care of you as best I can.”
“I Was Psychologically Sick For 3 Days Afterwards.”
“There are ever two ways of striving to fill one's place in the world: one is by seeking to prove one's self useful; the other, by striving to render one's self useless. The first way is the commoner and the more attractive; the second is the rarer and more noble.”

Source : Quoted by Richard Foster in "Renovare perspective", Vol. 7, No. 2, April 1997.
“I like my home to be somewhere where my friends can feel like they can put their feet up on the couch and for it to feel like really easy living. I really love to have my friends over, cook dinner for them, catch up, and spend quality time with quality people in my life.”

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