"Man is a hungry being. But he is hungry for God. Behind all the hunger of our life is God. All desire is finally a desire for Him."

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Source : Alexander Schmemann (1973). “For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy”, p.14, St Vladimir's Seminary Press

Alexander Schmemann

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“Instead of thinking that you put pieces together that will add up to a whole, I think you have to start with the premise that they're already together and you try to keep from destroying life by segmenting it, overorganizing it and dehumanizing it. You try to keep things together. The educative process must be organic, and not an assortment of unrelated methods and ideas.”
“Decide on some imperfect Somebody and you will win, because the truest truism in politics is: You can't beat Somebody with Nobody.”
“There is no idea so brilliant or original that a sufficiently-untalented writer can't screw it up.”
“Sooner or later, you will see a China-based company that really has a global impact, and I think Baidu has a chance to become one of those companies. We should be able to compete on a global basis.”
“Marriage isn't a carnival ride.”
“To know all about anything is to know how to deal with it under all circumstances.”

Source : William Kingdon Clifford, Leslie Stephen, Frederick Pollock (2011). “Lectures and Essays”, p.183, Cambridge University Press
“It is not a question of patronizing philanthropy towards disabled people. They do not need the patronage of the non-disabled. It is not for them to adapt to the dominant and dominating world of the so-called non-disabled. It is for us to adapt our understanding of a common humanity; to learn of the richness of how human life is diverse; to recognize the presence of disability in our human midst as an enrichment of our diversity.”
“President Reagan was concerned - deeply concerned, emotionally concerned - with the loss of life of any American, but especially with the lives of military soldiers, Marines, navy.”

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