"There is something magical about running; after a certain distance, it transcends the body. Then a bit further, it transcends the mind. A bit further yet, and what you have before you, laid bare, is the soul."

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Kristin Armstrong

#Running Quotes #Distance Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Getting up and criticising the other fellow because he's in and you are not seems to me a futile waste of time. Especially as you know in your heart that you would be doing more or less the same thing if you were in his place.”
“Theoretically the human is supposed to be the smart one so as you get acquainted with the horse, you explore what it's going to take for him to understand what you would like him do, with as little trouble as possible. You're trying to avoid conflict, not trying to create it.”
“Insight is not a lightbulb that goes off inside our heads. It is a flickering candle that can easily be snuffed out.”
“In point of fact magicians appear to have often developed into chiefs and kings.”

Source : "The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion". Book by James G. Frazer, 1890.
“From the psychological point of view, the self-asserting emotions, derived from emergency reactions, involve a narrowing of consciousness; the participatory emotions an expansion of consciousness by identificatory processes of various kinds.”
“A parent being called to the school because their child had misbehaved was as serious as a parent being called to the police station because their child had robbed a bank.”
“It's no one's fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride?”

Source : Joan Collins (2012). “The World According to Joan”, p.77, Hachette UK
“My little computer said such a funny thing this morning.”

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