"be present, be concentrated, and be strong."

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Source : Laurence G. Boldt (1999). “Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design”, p.247, Penguin

Laurence Boldt

“Human consensus does not generate reality. Were it able to do so, the Sun would have taken to orbiting the Earth some time ago.”

Source : "A Setback to the Dialogue: Response to Huston Smith". Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science, Vol. 36, Issue 2, p. 201, June 2001.
“Faced with a time shortage, we squeeze tasks into the nooks and crannies of our calendar, leaving less and less time to switch between them. As a result, we become less and less productive exactly when we need to be most productive.”
“We both wondered whether these contradictions that one can't avoid if one begins to think of time and space may not really be proofs that the whole of life is a dream, and the moon and stars bits of nightmare.”

Source : Arthur Machen (2013). “Delphi Collected Works of Arthur Machen (Illustrated)”, p.212, Delphi Classics
“The people can have anything they want, the only problem is they do not want anything.”
“The most horrible thing is not a government that stages public executions, but a government that secretly disposes of its victims.”
“Most people recognize me from The Shawshank Redemption, but there is this subculture of people who have collected all 13 episodes of Greg The Bunny. And I'm still close to a number of the creative people, Dan Milano particularly, who created Warren The Ape and Greg The Bunny and all of those characters.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Well, after I had the heart attack, it was a very simple choice. What the doctor told me I did and I did it religiously. I ate nothing but lean turkey breast or chicken breast or a piece of fish that was very lean. I mean I stayed away from everything.”
“One who has been touched by grace will no longer look on those who stray as "those evil people" or "those poor people who need our help." Nor must we search for signs of "loveworthiness." Grace teaches us that God loves because of who God is, not because of who we are.”

Source : Philip Yancey (2003). “What's So Amazing about Grace?”, p.89, HarperCollins Christian Publishing

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