"Don't put the whole of your identity into the smallness of a situation."

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Source : FaceBook post by Lysa TerKeurst from Jun 03, 2013

Lysa TerKeurst

#Identity Quotes #Situation Quotes #Smallness Quotes

“R&B is never going to be dead, it's just going to evolve.”
“We didn't defeat the Nazis by becoming Nazis.”
“I fell like a lot of times, when I write a song, it is coming from an introspective perspective that my faith always kind of factors. Faith is either part of what factors in to my decision making, or it is part of what factors into my fears and my doubts. It is either the positive or the negative part of it that is afflicting me during times of conflict, which is normally when you write songs about yourself when you find some sort of conflict or you are seeking some sort of resolution.”
“As we lose ourselves in the service of others, we discover our own lives and our own happiness.”
“A one year study by the Washington Post has documented 620 cases in which experimental drugs have been implicated in the deaths of cancer patients....And they amount to merely a fraction of the thousands of people who in recent years have died or suffered terribly from cancer experiments...”
“Beth,â€ he said simply, his flawless face lit up with anticipation. â€œThere is no doubt in my mind that we belong together, but to spend the rest of my life with you would be an honor and commitment that I would cherish.â€ He paused, his clear, blue eyes luminous. My breath caught in my throat, but Xavier only smiled. â€œBeth,â€ he repeated. â€œWill you marry me?â€ The look on his face was pure happiness.”
“I always say Manny [Ramirez] is a strange guy. Outwardly, he's happy-go-lucky. On the inside, he's got a lot of conspiracy theories going on. I would say Manny might be one of these guys when he's 50 years old, he might be in his house with all the blinds shut kind of looking out like the CIA's out there. You don't know, man. I mean, you don't know what's going on in the interior with him. So you don't worry about it.”
“What we cannot imagine cannot come into being.”

Source : bell hooks (2013). “Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom”, p.53, Routledge

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