"When you say Yes to God unconditionally, you have no idea how far this Yes is going to take you. Certainly farther than you can guess and calculate beforehand... but just how far and in what form? At the same time, this Yes is the sole, non-negotiable prerequisite of all Christian understanding, of all theology and ecclesial wisdom."

-- Hans Urs von Balthasar

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“I don't really sit in the sun I have a flagstone terrace surrounding the swimming pool and just carrying the script from the office to the living room gives me an instant suntan.”
“I play only classical music. My pianos are my only big indulgence, but they're a necessity. When I'm playing the piano is literally the only time I can be completely abstract and disconnected from the regular world and yet be connected - to my music.”

Source : "Classical Piano and Modern Design" by Robin Finn, www.nytimes.com. November 11, 2011.
“Training began with children who were taught to sit still and enjoy it. They were taught to use their organs of smell, to look where there was apparently nothing to see, and to listen intently when all seemingly was quiet. A child who cannot sit still is a half-developed child.”
“People come to New York City because they want something different... now, people are just getting the sterilized version of that.”
“There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience.”
“The failure wishes he could do things he could never do. He thinks little of what he can do.”
“Ignorance, if recognized, is often more fruitful than the appearance of knowledge.”

Source : Walker Percy (2011). “Signposts in a Strange Land”, p.63, Open Road Media
“Push your boundaries, that's what they're there for.”

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