"In the true order of things one does not do something in order to be happy-one is happy and, hence, does something. One does not do some things in order to be compassionate, one is compassionate and, hence, acts in a certain way."

-- Neale Donald Walsch

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“I must be willing to give whatever it takes to do good to others. This requires that I be willing to give until it hurts. Otherwise, there is no true love in me, and I bring injustice, not peace, to those around me.”
“How far would Moses have gone if he had taken a poll in Egypt?”
“I was quite shy. I used to write stories all the time, and I think that was a worry for my parents.”

Source : "Real-life romance" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2004.
“Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.”

Source : Paul Gauguin (1921). “Gauguin's Intimate Journals”, p.110, Courier Corporation
“Three years? That's a thousand tomorrows, ma'am.”
“Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from on generation to the next. Books save lives.”
“Sometimes I feel ashamed at my lack of interest in all the new techniques of modern filmmaking, but I prefer to work with as little equipment as possible. If I have a good lens and a steady camera, that's all I need.”
“When I got married, my mother was very surprised. She said: 'What on earth is going on? I thought you were gay?”

Source : "He'll turn his hand to anything". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. December 7, 2002.

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