"Nothing in this world is so marvelous as the transformation that a soul undergoes when the light of faith descends upon the light of reason."

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Source : William-Bernard Ullathorne (1880). “The Endowments of Man Considered in Their Relation with His Final End”

William Bernard Ullathorne

#Light Quotes #Soul Quotes #World Quotes

“I think that business leaders today have to be more rounded than they used to be, they have to be completely multi-functional and fast-moving.”

Source : "Sir Stuart Rose on the changing role of business leaders" by Stuart Rose, www.theguardian.com. March 29, 2012.
“We are the one creature to whom natural selection has bequeathed a brain complex enough to comprehend the laws that govern the universe. And we should be proud that we are the only species that has figured how we came to be.”

Source : Jerry A. Coyne (2009). “Why Evolution Is True”, p.233, Penguin
“You need to suffer to be interesting.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Writing and performing should deepen the meaning of words, should illuminate, transfix and transform.”
“God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.”
“Scepticism is a barren coast, without a harbor or lighthouse.”
“The profession of magician, is one of the most perilous and arduous specializations of the imagination. On the one hand there is the hostility of God and the police to be guarded against; on the other it is as difficult as music, as deep as poetry, as ingenious as stage-craft, as nervous as the manufacture of high explosives, and as delicate as the trade in narcotics.”
“Housing Works is the coolest thrift store in the world, because not only are they the best thrift store - they're not the most thrifty thrift store - but they have amazing stuff and all of their proceeds go directly to kids, mostly homeless kids, living with AIDS and HIV in New York, in the metropolitan area.”

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