"The finest flowers of genius have grown in an atmosphere where those of Nature are prone to droop, and difficult to bring to maturity."

-- Thomas Guthrie

#Flower Quotes #Maturity Quotes #Atmosphere Quotes

“To be sure, God shall call you, and us, only at the hour that God has chosen. Until that hour, which lies in God's hand alone, we shall be protected even in the greatest danger; and from our gratitude for such protection ever new readiness surely arises for the final call”
“Manner is all in all, whate'er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.”
“Love is the essence of the holiness of the Church.”

Source : Alexander Schmemann (1988). “The Eucharist: Sacrament of the Kingdom”, p.137, St Vladimir's Seminary Press
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.”
“One of the keys to thinking big is total focus. I think of it almost as a controlled neurosis, which is a quality I've noticed in many highly successful entrepreneurs.”
“You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing.”
“In my career as an actor, there is a catchphrase that Scofield always says often in regards to his brother, 'Have a little faith.' In my own career as an actor, there were times when I was the only one who believed in myself in the face of the odds.”
“A pound of Alaskan king crab legs and buffalo shrimp = happy Travie.”

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