"There is a yearning that is as spiritual as it is sensual. Even when it degenerates into addiction, there is something salvageable from the original impulse that can only be described as sacred. Something in the person (dare we call it a soul?) wants to be free, and it seeks its freedom any way it can. ... There is a drive for transcendence that is implicit in even the most sensual of desires."

-- Mark Epstein

#Spiritual Quotes #Addiction Quotes #Soul Quotes

“The outside world holds no interest for me without you." -Edward”
“I was late once and it cost me $50,000. I figure it was cheaper to wear two watches.”
“I should much rather see reasonable agreement with the Arabs on the basis of living together in peace than the creation of a Jewish state. My awareness of the essential nature of Judaism resists the idea of a Jewish state with borders, an army, and a measure of temporal power, no matter how modest. I am afraid of the inner damage Judaism will sustainâ€”especially from the development of a narrow nationalism within our own ranks, against which we have already had to fight strongly, even without a Jewish state.”
“In the early '90s, we discovered mutations that could double the normal life span of worms.”

Source : "Sugar Shortens Life Span in Worms", abcnews.go.com. November 4, 2009.
“I have been able to get a small audience. It's not the huge audience, but it's enough to make it possible to play. I appreciate that.”
“There's nothing you could really avoid about giving yourself to somebody who ultimately rejects you. That's just life.”
“One of the greatest snares is the number of good things we might do. Jesus Christ never did the good things He might have done, He did everything He ought to do because He had His eye fixed on His Father's will and He sacrificed Himself for His Father.”
“Water has always been something that I care deeply about, and I'm very aware of its limits on this planet. If we don't change our behavior around water, water will become as valuable as oil. That is a given. When people don't understand that, I'm surprised.”

Source : Peter McWilliams (1997). “Do It!: Let's Get Off Our Buts”, Mary Book / Prelude Press

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