"We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us."

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Source : John Lancaster Spalding (1899). “Thoughts and Theories of Life and Education”

John Lancaster Spalding

#Calamity Quotes #Disturbed Quotes

“I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.”
“Having God as an identity marker is nothing but a label, a language, and a lifestyle. I'm a Christian. I talk like one. I act like one. But having God as an identity changer is so much more. It's lavish abandon to who God is and who He's made me to be. Holding nothing back!”
“Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.”
“I would design any vehicle, but probably least likely... a minivan.”

Source : "Interview: Henrik Fisker talks new companies, the future of car design and ... minivans". Interview with C.C. Weiss, newatlas.com. December 24, 2016.
“I'm into eating as little as possible... I never cook. Never use the stove or anything.”
“The weight of the world is a trifle, if we all put our two fingers under it and try to lift together.”
“Things will go wrong or end up differently than you had imagined, and that's OK. Life isn't about being perfect. It's about being the best you can possibly be and finding the good in everything.”
“Evil (ignorance) is like a shadow-- it has no real substance of its own, it is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a shadow to disappear by trying to fight it, stamp on it, by railing against it, or any other form of emotional or physical resistance. In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it”

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