"Most people cant' deal with reality, but indulge heavily in fantasy and fear."

-- Betty Shabazz

#Reality Quotes #People Quotes #Fantasy Quotes

“Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.”

Source : "On Soul, Character and Calling: A Conversation with James Hillman". Interview with Scott London, www.scottlondon.com. March 1998.
“Those, and those only, can expect to be taught by God, who are ready and willing to do as they are taught... Those who go up to the house of the Lord with an expectation that He will teach them His ways, must go with a humble resolution that they will walk in His paths.”
“Gee, what a terrific party. Later on we'll get some fluid and embalm each other.”
“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”
“In all her twisted perfection she had made me fall helplessly in love with her. A life without her in it seemed pointless.”
“My books have come many years apart and each one seems to reflect a period of experience. Ending the book is like putting a period on a certain movement. Interior and external - both.”

Source : "Road Trip". Interview with Ali Liebegott, logger.believermag.com. October 25, 2013.
“Thus, for followers of Christ, calling neutralizes the fundamental position of choice in modern life. â€œI have chosen you,â€ Jesus said, â€œyou have not chosen me.â€ We are not our own; we have been bought with a price. We have no rights, only responsibilities. Following Christ is not our initiative, merely our response, in obedience. Nothing works better to debunk the pretensions of choice than a conviction of calling. Once we have been called, we literally â€œhave no choice.”
“Men are capable of talking hours on end over only one subject; women do it and don't even require a subject.”

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