"The break from the supposedly culturally-narrow religious bases of knowledge in favor of supposedly trans-cultural scientific bases of knowledge served as the self-justification of a particularly pernicious form of cultural imperialism."

-- Immanuel Wallerstein

#Religious Quotes #Self Quotes #Favors Quotes

“The whole town looks as if it had been left out in the rain too long and by mistake.”
“The literary man has a circle of the chosen few who read him and become his only public. . . . What more natural than that he should write for those who, even if they do not pay him, at least understand him?”
“The antidote to exhaustion may not be rest. It may be wholeheartedness. You are so exhausted because all of the things you are doing are just busyness. There's a central core of wholeheartedness totally missing from what you're doing.”

Source : Gordon T. Smith (2011). “Courage and Calling: Embracing Your God-Given Potential”, p.64, InterVarsity Press
“Mr. President, no one is saying you broke any laws, we're just saying it's a little bit weird you didn't have to.”
“Katrina Kaif is the Hema Malini of the current generation”
“That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.”
“When one that holds communion with the skies Has fill'd his urn where these pure waters rise, And once more mingles with us meaner things, 'Tis e'en as if an angel shook his wings.”
“Remember then that there is only one important time, and that time is now. The most important one is always the one you are with. And the most important thing is to do good for the one who is standing at your side. This is why we are here.”

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