"Silence is letting what there is be what it is. In that sense it has to do profoundly with God: the silence of simply being. We experience that at times when there is nothing we can say or do that would not intrude on the integrity and the beauty of that being."

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Source : Rowan Williams (2007). “Where God Happens: Discovering Christ in One Another”, p.43, Shambhala Publications

Rowan Williams

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“Just remember this- weird's good. Embrace the weird, dude. Enjoy it because it's never going away.”

Source : Tim Tharp (2008). “The Spectacular Now”, p.7, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“Just because life's meaningless doesn't mean we can't experience it meaningfully.”

Source : Glen Duncan (2011). “The Last Werewolf”, p.119, Vintage
“The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.”
“We don't watch the film anymore because we've seen it so many times, so we'll introduce it, walk out and we'll come back in right about when I wake up in the morning and walk over to the shop and everything's changed.”
“There would be a trial and there would be a judge. The only problem was, there could only be one sentence.”
“Some of the sweetest spirits are housed in frail frames. Great spiritual strength is often developed by those with physical challenges precisely because they are challenged. Such individuals are entitled to all the blessings that God has in store for His faithful and obedient children.”
“I see badly, I hear badly, and I feel bad, but everything's fine.”

Source : "In France, A Citizen Turns 120" by Craig R. Whitney, www.nytimes.com. February 22, 1995.
“By the very act of arguing, you awake the patient's reason; and once it is awake, who can foresee the result?”

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