"Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown -even when we don't want to and when we think we don't need to."

-- Paulo Coelho

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Quotes #Moving Quotes

“You have trust in what you think. If you splinter yourself and try to please everyone, you can't.”
“Jesus was the poorest of the poor. Roman Catholicism, which claims to be His church, is the richest of the rich, the wealthiest institution on earth. () How come, that such an institution, ruling in the name of this same itinerant preacher, whose want was such that he had not even a pillow upon which to rest his head, is now so top-heavy with riches that she can rival - indeed, that she can put to shame - the combined might of the most redoubtable financial trusts, of the most potent industrial super-giants, and of the most prosperous global corporation of the world?”
“Where I am ignorant, Lord, teach me. Where I am wrong, Lord, correct me. Where I am right, Lord, confirm me.”
“The film [Boy and the World]gave me the possibility to create a new language. Animation is a very rich medium but hasn't fully been exploited by artists. Often artists are trapped by words.”
“My young friends, ... not all the whirlwinds in life are of your own making. Some come because of the wrong choices of others, and some come just because this is mortality. You are His son or His daughter. He made your spirit strong and capable of being resilient to the whirlwinds of life. The whirlwinds in your youth, like the wind against a young tree, can increase your spiritual strength, preparing you for the years ahead.”
“In behaving respectfully toward all that the land contains, it is possible to imagine a stifling ignorance falling away from us.”

Source : Barry Lopez (2013). “Arctic Dreams”, p.18, Open Road Media
“There are two kinds of houses in the neighborhood where I grew up-the ones where the parents stayed married, and the ones where they didnâ€™t.”
“Act in accordance with your true beliefs by spending your time on those things that will build and develop your character and help you become more Christlike. I hope none of you see life as primarily fun and games but rather as a time 'to prepare to meet God.'”

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