"It's when we face for a moment the worst our kind can do, and shudder to know the taint in our own selves, that awe cracks the mind's shell and enters the heart."

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Source : Denise Levertov (1997). “The Stream & the Sapphire: Selected Poems on Religious Themes”, p.19, New Directions Publishing

Denise Levertov

#Heart Quotes #Self Quotes #Mind Quotes

“A philosopher is a person who doesn't care which side his bread is buttered on; he knows he eats both sides anyway.”
“We have a very real God with a very real presence.”
“Iâ€™m not really worried what people think about me. Because I judge myself harsher, and on more strict terms, than they ever could probably.”
“To provide its happy people with perpetual fun is now the deepest purpose of Western civilization.”
“I'm one of those people who snake through the crowd, keep my head low. I'm not looking for attention.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Anybody who's ever gone through a hard time - any outsider's perception, no matter how much information they're given, they have no idea what the person's life is like.”
“Going out at night and having a fabulous social life takes a lot out of you, and I don't know if I have that much to give, honestly. I would rather give that time to my kids or spend that time reading a book or watching a film. I am selfish and lazy.”
“The strategy of my coach and me was that we looked at pictures of all the best pole vaulters from around the world, and we took the best parts from them, and we created a person that had never existed. We then started to work toward being such a person.”

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