"To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness."

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Source : Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Elizabeth Cheresh Allen (1994). “The essential Turgenev”, Northwestern Univ Pr

Ivan Turgenev

#Sympathy Quotes #Profound Quotes #Desire Quotes

“A world filled with temptations needs priests who are totally dedicated to their mission. Accordingly, they are asked in a very special way to open themselves fully to serving others as Christ did by embracing the gift of celibacy.”
“We can speak about the institution, but ultimately the bar is the group that both is in touch with the public on the one hand and understands the judicial institution on the other”
“Tech Jacket shares the same tone as Invincible, but the subject matter is very different. Where Invincible is about perfection, Tech Jacket is about flaws.”
“Whisky is liquid sunshine.”
“Comic book readers are just as abandoned by the corporate system as the creators, despite the importance supposedly given their hard-earned dollars. The average comics shop can offer only a tiny fraction of an industrywide selection that is itself extremely limited in scope. And even when readers know exactly what they want, the search can be maddeningly futile.”
“Iâ€™ve learned not to worry about what might come next.”
“Exercise is the single best thing you can do for your brain in terms of mood, memory, and learning.”

Source : "7 Mind-Blowing Benefits of Exercise" by Deborah Kotz and Angela Haupt, health.usnews.com. March 7, 2012.
“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.”

Source : "Wisdom for the Soul : Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing‎" by Larry Chang, (p. 55), 2006.

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