"Fearing servility, people become servile."

-- Nawal El Saadawi

#People Quotes #Servility Quotes

“And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.”
“Each of us is present, but partially.”
“Nothing is more real than the masks we make to show each other who we are.”

Source : Christopher Barzak (2008). “The Love We Share Without Knowing”, p.24, Bantam
“You don't want people to think you're just writing stories for children about a pig in a tutu.”
“Even as a kid- do all kids think about this? I hope they don't, I hope my kids don't think about this- I was always thinking about, "Well, what are we doing? What is this all about?"”
“If there is anything worth serving, it's this love. If there is anything worth being, it's this love. If there is anything worth talking about it's this love. If there is anything of real value it's this love.”
“Man, made in the image of God, has a purpose - to be in relationship to God, who is there. Man forgets his purpose and thus he forgets who he is and what life means.”

Source : Francis August Schaeffer (1982). “The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer: A Christian view of the church”
“Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation”

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