"If you have not clung to a broken piece of your old ship in the dark night of the soul, your faith may not have the sustaining power to carry you through to the end of the journey."

-- Rufus Jones

#Adversity Quotes #Dark Quotes #Night Quotes

“I am very interested in the small decisions people make that do set you on a different road in your life. As much as we have influence over what kind of person we're going to become, there are little tests along the way.”
“Fancy has an extensive influence in morals. Some of the most powerful and dangerous feelings in nature, as those of ambition and envy, derive their principal nourishment from a cause apparently so trivial. Its effect on the common affairs of life is greater than might be supposed. Naked reality would scarcely keep the world in motion.”

Source : William Benton Clulow (1843). “Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion”, p.253
“Think of me as an impetuous Hegel, drunk with power, and also, regular drunk.”
“Try to get inside the skins of others. Think how they feel, how they react, and guide your own conduct by that.”
“Healthy shame is an emotion that teaches us about our limits. Like all emotions, shame moves us to get our basic needs met.”
“Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kinda cool.”

Source : The New York Times, July 5, 1998.
“I was named after the next-door neighbor's German shepherd. It was either that or Cadillac Smith.”
“Eternal truths are ultimately invisible, and you won't find them in material things or natural phenomena, or even in human emotions.”

Source : Yoko Ogawa (2009). “The Housekeeper and the Professor: A Novel”, p.116, Picador

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