"No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are."

-- Eric Hoffer

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“They say it was Cesc Fabregas who threw the pizza at me but, to this day, I have no idea who the culprit was.”
“Music gave me a sense that I was worthwhile and that I had something of value to offer the world even though everybody was telling me that I didnt.”
“Sincerity is a Christian virtue, as is honesty about our struggles. But my generation needs to realize that Christianity is more than chic fragility, endless self-revelation, and the coolness that comes with authenticity.”
“The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.”

Source : "Mr Macmillan's appeal to South Africans". Harold MacMillan's speech to the South African Parliament, "The Times" (p. 15), February 4, 1960.
“The cup of tea on arrival at a country house is a thing which, as a rule, I particularly enjoy. I like the crackling logs, the shaded lights, the scent of buttered toast, the general atmosphere of leisured cosiness.”
“My mom was a model. She had me at 20, so she was a young mother.”
“Not as common bread or as common drink do we receive these.....We have been taught that the food that has been Eucharistized by the word of prayer, that food which by assimilation nourishes our flesh and blood, is the flesh and blood of the incarnate Jesus.”
“Most successful people can identify one minute, one moment, where their lives changed, and it usually occurred in times of adversity.”

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