"If the defeated and depressed group of disciples overnight could change into a victorious movement of faith, based only on autosuggestion or self-deception-without a fundamental faith experience-then this would be a much greater miracle than the resurrection itself."

-- Pinchas Lapide

#Self Quotes #Miracle Quotes #Deception Quotes

“What we're calling 'presencing' is possible because of this womb, where the absolute and the manifest interact. I think a buddhist would say that presencing can arise to the extent that we develop the capacity, individually and collectively, to extend our conscious awareness in both domains.”

Source : Peter M. Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, Betty Sue Flowers (2005). “Presence: An Exploration of Profound Change in People, Organizations, and Society”, p.225, Crown Business
“The still must tease with the promise of a story the viewer of it itches to be told.”
“When I was younger, I was always taught not to make excuses.”
“One of the paradoxes of writing is that when you write non-fiction everyone tries to prove that it's wrong, and when you publish fiction, everyone tries to see the truth in it.”

Source : Scarlett Thomas (2010). “Our Tragic Universe”, p.351, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.”
“I'm not a singer. I'm a musician, which is different.”
“Some favorite expressions of small children: "It's not my fault...They made me do it...I forgot." Some favorite expressions of adults: "It's not my job...No one told me...It couldn't be helped." True freedom begins and ends with personal accountability. -Dan Zadra It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.”
“It is vain and useless to survey everything that goes on in the world if our study does not help us mend our ways.”

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