"More than half of all great remedies known to medical history have come from empiricists...'irregulars'...of no or little scientific training. There is no reason to believe that conditions have essentially changed."

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Source : Ichabod Smith Spencer (1851). “A Pastor's Sketches”, p.117

Alexis Carrel

#Believe Quotes #Dark Quotes #Training Quotes

“Your positive impact on the generations to come will be directly related to the ministry you have in that little place called home.”
“I choose to live, not just exist.”

Source : "Metallica's James Hetfield Calls Rehab Challenging, Gratifying" by Jon Wiederhorn, www.mtv.com. February 21, 2002.
“The choices you make now, the people you surround yourself with, they all have the potential to affect your life, even who you are, forever.”
“None of us, irrespective of our sexual preference and/or practice, imagine that we can have an intimate relationship with a partner and always have seamless harmony. Indeed, most of us assume that once the â€œhoneymoonâ€ period is over differences will emerge and conflicts will happen. Positively, we also assume that we will be â€œsafeâ€œ in those moments; that even if voices are raised and emotions expressed are intense, there will not be and should not be any abuse or any reason to be unsafe, and that the will to connect and communicate will prevail.”
“Sometimes without shooting a picture germinates in your head. Other times, you keep taking pictures of the same thing and watch the images mature and grow.”
“I say to myself, go on seeking, be glad for being sensitive, be glad you're able to go beyond the resistance inside you. It is our resistance to what we experience that makes creativity possible. So don't get rid of resistance like that by going around it or trying to eliminate it. Our own limitations put up strong resistance, but it's because of that that we are creators”
“Happiness is attained through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”
“For many of us, sadly, the spirit of Christmas is "hurry". And yet, eventually, the hour comes when the rushing ends and the race against the calendar mercifully comes to a close. It is only now perhaps that we truly recognize the spirit of Christmas. (...) With all its temporal confusion, it may just help us to see that by contrast, Christmas itself is eternal.”

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