"It's all a question of story. We are in trouble just now because we do not have a good story. We are in between stories. The old story, the account of how we fit into it, is no longer effective. Yet we have not learned the new story."

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Source : Thomas Berry, Thomas Mary Berry (1996). “Creative Energy: Bearing Witness for the Earth”, Random House (NY)

Thomas Berry

#Inspiring Quotes #Stories Quotes #Trouble Quotes

“I've always been heavily influenced by classical music, mostly by baroque music.”
“If you're going to school, you should do what you enjoy.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“When I grew up in Pittsburgh in my parents' restaurant, I was almost like a country bumpkin.”
“The sea, the majestic sea, breaks everything, crushes everything, cleans everything, takes everything...from me”

Source : Song: The Sea, Album: The Sea, 2010
“But her's was the misery of innocence, which, like a cloud that passes over the fair moon, for a while hides, but cannot tarnish its brightness.”
“Challenges are something that can only be tackled in the present moment and require action.”
“Let go of your plans. The first hour of your morning belongs to God. Tackle the day's work that he charges you with, and he will give you the power to accomplish it.”
“Painting is, I think, inevitably an archaic activity and one that depends on spiritual values.”

Source : Bridget Riley, Neil MacGregor, Robert Kudielka (1995). “Bridget Riley: dialogues on art”

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