"We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life."

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Source : "Edge-Tools of Speech". Book by Maturin M. Ballou (p. 397), 1886.

James Freeman Clarke

#Recovery Quotes #Progress Quotes #This Life Quotes

“People are tied together and yet isolated from each other by invisible threads of rhythm and hidden walls of time. Time is... a primary organizer of all activities, a synthesizer and integrator, a way of handling priorities and categorizing experience, a feedback mechanism for how things are going, a measuring rod against which competence, effort, and achievement are judged as well as a special message system revealing how people really feel about each other and whether or not they can get along....”
“Even while Jerusalem was standing and the Jews were at peace with us, the practice of their sacred rites was at variance with the glory of our empire, the dignity of our name, the customs of our ancestors.”
“I'm not about to take credit for something I didn't do.”

Source : "Jessica Lynch Condemns Pentagon". news.bbc.co.uk. November 07, 2003.
“As far as the stars are from the earth, and as different as fire is from water, so much do self-interest and integrity differ.”
“I didnt write Snow White for any class, but I got bitten by the screenwriting bug and wrote a couple of scripts in my spare time instead of going to keg parties or something.”
“We meditate so that our minds can be sharp and alert. We chant mantras so that your souls may be ignited like candles. We walk in the light of this beauty.”
“The end is important in all things.”
“Never miss a party...good for the nerves--like celery.”

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