"The mistake consists in our splitting into two what is really and absolutely one. Is not life one as we live it, which we cut to pieces by recklessly applying the murderous knife of intellectual surgery?"

-- D.T. Suzuki

#Mistake Quotes #Cutting Quotes #Knives Quotes

“Reegan scowled at Cath. "Are you Zack, or are you Cody?".”
“The intersection of religion and world politics has often been a bloody crossroads.”
“As Ralph's character begins to discover the political thriller aspect of the film, he falls deeper in love with his wife, so the two run together. That's the beauty of this film. It has fast pace and excitement, but it also has heart and soul.”
“It is not that love sometimes makes mistakes, but that it is, essentially, a mistake. We fall in love when our imagination projects nonexistent perfections on to another person. One day the phantasmagoria vanishes, and with it love dies.”

Source : Samuel R. Delany (2011). “Einstein Intersection”, p.108, Wesleyan University Press
“Protest poetry -- could there be consensus poetry?”
“You can actually be bored stiff while you're dying.”
“I firmly believe that all human beings have access to extraordinary energies and powers. Judging from accounts of mystical experience, heightened creativity, or exceptional performance by athletes and artists, we harbor a greater life than we know.”

Source : Jean Houston (1996). “A Mythic Life: Learning to Live Our Greater Story”, Harpercollins
“O Holy Spirit of God, abide with us; inspire all our thoughts; pervade our imaginations; suggest all our decisions; order all our doings. Be with us in our silence and in our speech, in our haste and in our leisure, in company and in solitude, in the freshness of the morning and in the weariness of the evening; and give us grace at all times humbly to rejoice in Thy mysterious companionship.”

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