"Nationalism is not the awakening of nations to self-consciousness; it invents nations where they do not exist..."

-- Ernest Gellner

#Self Quotes #Awakening Quotes #Consciousness Quotes

“The stars move still, time runs, the clock will strike”

Source : Doctor Faustus act 5, sc. 2 (1604)
“The true call of a Christian is not to do extraordinary things, but to do ordinary things in an extraordinary way.”

Source : Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, Emma Elizabeth Brown (1879). “Thoughts that breathe”
“Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.”
“Im a fan of both (Hrithik Roshan & Katrina Kaif). They look so hot together, who wouldnt want to watch them on screen?”
“I bought a seven-dollar pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring.”
“Therefore, if the earthly power errs, it shall be judged by the spiritual power ... but if the supreme spiritual power errs it can be judged only by God, and not by man ... Therefore we declare, state, define and pronounce that it is altogether necessary to salvation for every human creature to be subject to the Roman pontiff.”
“A Diogenesian search for an honest person would rarely lead to the author of a memoir.”
“Once we make our relationship choices in an adult way, a prospective partner who is unavailable, nonreciprocal, or not open to processing feelings and issues, becomes, by those very facts, unappealing. Once we love ourselves, people no longer look good to us unless they are good for us.”

Source : David Richo (2002). “How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving”, p.85, Shambhala Publications

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