"The attitude of mourning is a faithless attitude, an ignorant attitude. The more we know, the more fully we shall trust, for we shall feel with utter certainty that we and our dead are alike in the hands of perfect Power and perfect Wisdom, directed by perfect Love."

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Source : Charles Webster Leadbeater (1997). “The Other Side of Death: Scientifically Examined and Carefully Described”, Kessinger Publishing

Charles Webster Leadbeater

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“I remember, when I was a child and wrote poems in little clasped books, I used to kiss the books and put them away tenderly because I had been happy near them, and take them out by turns when I was going from home, to cheer them by the change of air and the pleasure of the new place. This, not for the sake of the verses written in them, and not for the sake of writing more verses in them, but from pure gratitude.”
“I was raised to think about philosophy and religious thought and the soul and the spirit of humankind in a different way, also really socially progressive teachings of the Baha'i faith, the equality of men and women, the elimination of racial prejudice, the equality of science and religion, so it was a big cauldron of big ideas in my household. And we were weird and unhappy family, but nonetheless that was a really positive thing that came out of it.”

Source : Interview with David Hirschman, bigthink.com. November 11, 2010.
“When I learned to sign and speak at the same time, the whole world opened up to me. That's the beauty of encouraging kids who are deaf to use whatever it takes to communicate.”
“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.”
“A novel it's different. It's kind of exhilarating not to have to cut to the bone constantly. Oh, well I can go over here for a moment. I can say what I think the guy was thinking or what the day looked like or what the bird was doing. If you do that as a playwright, you're dead.”
“Drink today, and drown all sorrow; you shall perhaps not do tomorrow.”

Source : John Fletcher, Nathan Field, Philip Massinger (1991). “The Bloody Brother: A Tragedy”
“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
“I believe that feminists of the more aggressive persuasion are frustrated women unable to find the proper male leadership. If a woman were receiving the right kind of love and attention and leadership, she would not want to be liberated from that.”

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