"I used to worry about what life was for - now being alive seems sufficient reason."

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Source : Marion Milner (2011). “A Life of One's Own”, p.57, Routledge

Marion Milner

#Life Quotes #Worry Quotes #Alive Quotes

“I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.”
“But to paraphrase Henry Drummond in Inherit the Wind, ignorance and mediocrity are forever busy, and the forces of mediocrity aren't content with being mediocre; they'll do everything in their power to prevent even the humblest of teachers and children from accomplishing anything extraordinary. For good work shines a light on the failures of the mediocre, and that is a light which terrifies those who conspire to keep our nation's children, like themselves, ordinary.”
“Connection exists. There is immanence and transcendence, and everything beyond and in between. My tradition calls this connection God Herself.”

Source : T. Thorn Coyle (2009). “Kissing the Limitless: Deep Magic and the Great Work of Transforming Yourself and the World”, p.203, Weiser Books
“If you do not enjoy what you are doing, you will never be good at it.”
“Casually, unconsciously, but with deadly effectiveness, western man all round the globe destroyed the traditional gods and the ancient societies with his commerce and his science. ... Does it mean nothing to him if great areas of the world, where western influence has been predominant, emerge from this tutelage unable to return to the old life, yet unfitted for the new? It is hard to believe that the future could ever belong to men demonstrating irresponsibility on so vast a scale.”
“Based on personal experience and not just on theory, Prayerwalk, offers readers practical insights on how to get up, get moving, and get praying. The results can be life changing.”
“Even though I have often recorded alone, I still feel the best music is made by musicians playing off each other.”
“The primary battle which religion must fight today is the battle to justify its own existence.”

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