"Obligation may be stretched till it is no better than a brand of slavery stamped on us when we were too young to know its meaning."

-- George Eliot

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“I love to make fun of fashion because it is just so silly.”
“Greatly ought we to rejoice that God dwells in our soul; and more greatly ought we to rejoice that our soul dwells in God. Our soul is created to be Godâ€™s dwelling place, and the dwelling of our souls is God, who is uncreated. It is a great understanding to see and know inwardly that God, who is our Creator, dwells in our soul, and it is a far greater understanding to see and know inwardly that our soul, which is created, dwells in God in substance, of which substance, though God, we are what we are.”
“The temple is a sacred edifice, a holy place, where essential saving ceremonies and ordinances are performed to prepare us for exaltation. It is important that we gain a sure knowledge that our preparation to enter the holy house and that our participation in these ceremonies and covenants are some of the most significant events we will experience in our mortal lives.”
“If anyone travels on a road in search of knowledge, Allah will cause him to travel on one of the roads of Paradise.”
“Everyone can act. Everyone can improvise. Anyone who wishes to can play in the theater and learn to become 'stage-worthy.' We learn through experience and experiencing, and no one teaches anyone anything. This is as true for the infant moving from kicking and crawling to walking as it is for the scientist with his equations. If the environment permits it, anyone can learn whatever he chooses to learn; and if the individual permits it, the environment will teach him everything it has to teach. 'Talent' or 'lack of talent' have little to do with it.”

Source : Viola Spolin (1963). “Improvisation for the theater: a handbook of teaching and directing techniques”
“Follow your gut and your heart. You'll almost always make the right choice.”

Source : FaceBook post by Leighton Meester from May 21, 2012
“In our daily life, we encounter people we are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying ere is so their own needs. There is so much anger, distrust, greed, and pettiness that we are losing our capacity to work well together.”
“It's not simply what we feel, but what we feed, that determines what we do and how we live.”

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