"I was ever the realist, sometimes to my sorrow. But seldom to my regret."

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Source : Margaret George (2012). “Elizabeth I”, p.223, Pan Macmillan

Margaret George

#Regret Quotes #Sorrow Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“Once Mel Gibson revealed himself to be, like the president, a person of serious religious faith, the gloves came off. Mel Gibson has done a major favor for serious faith, both Jewish and Christian, in America. He has made it "cool" to be religious, but in so doing he has unleashed the hatred of secular America against himself personally, against his work and against his family. God bless him.”

Source : "Why Jewish groups passionately hate Mel Gibson". www.wnd.com. April 10, 2004.
“Envy is one of the great enemies of active spirituality. It keeps us from loving our neighbours, from functioning with others in community, and from affirming people's unique worth. It also steals contentment from the heart. Is there anything or anyone you are envious of?”
“Two characteristic marks have above all others been recognized as distinguishing that which has soul in it from that which has not - movement and sensation.”
“Creative action plays with the unknown. But as the child fears the dark... the adult child will be fearful too, faced with the dark world of the unknown mind, with vast concepts looking enormous just beyond the front yard.”
“Love and nonattachment are the basis of true generosity.”
“I am very happy since when I am in different cities I can experience and learn different cultures!”
“The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.”
“It took so long to make it in America. The year I arrived was a bad year for women singers, the record company told me. So I starved. I lived in a hotel so dreadful I can't even talk about it.”

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