"There are some who esteem that it is a naivety to believe that a moral regeneration may be possible ("soit possible", Fr.); now, if this was not the case, it would not be worth the trouble that humanity continue to vegetate without aim."

-- African Spir

#Believe Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Naivety Quotes

“Genius is expansive, irresistible, and irresistibly expansive. If it is in you, no cords can confine it.”
“Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop”
“I've been a big believer in musicians turned actor, going back to Sinatra winning the Oscar for 'From Here To Eternity.' David Bowie in 'Man Who Fell to Earth,' Kris Kristofferson's been great in a bunch of films. Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey, I thought was great in 'Precious.”
“That the zeal for God's honor is also a dangerous passion, that the Christian must bring with him the courage to swim against the tide instead of with it... accept a good deal of loneliness, will perhaps be nowhere so clear and palpable as in the church, where he would so much like things to be different. Yet he cannot and he will not refuse to take this risk and pay this price... he belongs where the reformation of the church is underway or will again be underway.”
“When the mind changes the outer expression must change to correspond. We are transferred by the renewing of our minds.”
“People ask what I am really trying to do with humor. The answer is, "I'm getting even”
“I have no particular desire to live. I have no particular desire to be killed. It is a matter of indifference to me. I do not think I am altogether right.”
“I love the American way of life.”

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