"All that I would like to be is human, having a share in a civilized, articulate and well-adjusted community where the mind is given its due but the body is not distrusted"

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Source : Louis MacNeice (2015). “Autumn Journal”, p.39, Faber & Faber

Louis MacNeice

#Community Quotes #Mind Quotes #Body Quotes

“Turkey has worked alongside its allies from the beginning.”
“Magic comprises the most profound contemplation of the most secret things, their nature, power, quality, substance, and virtues, as well as the knowledge of their whole nature.”
“When man gives up on reforming and inspiring society he also gives up his freedom.”
“When I appointed the Minister of the Environment to major cabinet status, the Planning and Priorities committee, the signals that that sent through Ottawa were major, because that's what the bureaucracy understands.”
“Most of my life I have played a lot of famous people but most of them were dead so you have a poetic license.”
“I was a God-fearing child, innocent and physically attractive.”
“Let us recognize this one thing: burden is the secret of prayer. If a person does not feel within him burden to pray for a particular matter he can hardly succeed in prayer. In a prayer meeting some brothers and sisters may mention a great many subjects for prayer. But if you are not touched inwardly, you cannot pray.”
“One of the pleasures of looking at the world through mathematical eyes is that you can see certain patterns that would otherwise be hidden.”

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