"During a mock battle attended by President Warren Harding in 1921, Marine Corps General Smedley D. Butler exhumed the arm [of Stonewall Jackson; he didn't believe it was buried there] and reburied it in a metal box."

-- Tony Horwitz

#War Quotes #Believe Quotes #Marine Quotes

“Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities.”
“Worshipping the Lord means giving him the place that he must have; worshipping the Lord means stating, believing-not only by our words- that he alone truly guides our lives; worshipping the Lord means that we are convinced before him that he is the only God, the God of our lives, the God of our history.”
“I was an agnostic until I realized that I had to choose between God and fate. The idea that humanity and nature are the result of fate was not convincing at all. I find the presence of God everywhere.”
“There is no disinfectant like success.”
“Go ahead, push your luck, find out how much love the world can hold.”

Source : Song: After All Williams, Album: Many Great Companions
“To experience beauty, love, truth and peace, or God, your mind has to be stilled.”

Source : "Knowing Yourself: The True in the False". Book by Barry Long, 1996.
“I just recently became aware of how tenuous my life is. I don't have time for fear.”
“True greatness,true leadership,is found in giving yourself in service to others, not in coaxing or inducing others to serve you. True service is never without cost. Often it comes with a painful baptism of suffering. But the true spiritual leader is focused on the service he and she can render to God and other people, not on the residuals and perks of high office or holy title. We must aim to put more into life than we take out.”

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