"The complementary movement towards divine love is growth in humility which is the acceptence of the reality about ourselves, our own weakness and limitations."

-- Thomas Keating

#Humility Quotes #Acceptance Quotes #Reality Quotes

“People meeting for the first time suddenly relax if they find they both have cats. And plunge into anecdote.”
“Under present conditions, people are preoccupied with consumer goods not because they are brainwashed but because buying is the one pleasurable activity not only permitted but actively encouraged by our rulers. The pleasure of eating an ice cream cone may be minor compared to the pleasure of meaningful, autonomous work, but the former is easily available and the latter is not. A poor family would undoubtedly rather have a decent apartment than a new TV, but since they are unlikely to get the apartment, what is to be gained by not getting the TV?”

Source : "Women and the Myth of Consumerism". Book by Ellen Willis, Ramparts, 1969.
“I think if you have a good night's sleep, you can take on the world.”
“Might as well face it, you're addicted to love.”

Source : Song: Addicted to Love
“There's nothing good about being my age.”

Source : "Judi Dench Gets (Very) Candid About Aging: 'I'd Rather Be Young and Know Nothing'" by Simon Perry, people.com. March 05, 2015.
“It's the same when you listen to any kind of successful athlete. My older brother has a useful name for them - he calls them lottery ticket careers. I are engaged in what he calls these lottery ticket careers. On the one hand it's very, very unlikely that you're ever going to hit it. On the other hand if you do hit it, you really hit it. You have to be engaged with it, though, maybe you're entire life. And if you never actually do hit it? You kind of jovially lie yourself along the way and recognize that it may produce things outside the hitting it kinds of goods, I suppose.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Men are apt to idolize or fear that which they cannot understand, especially if it be a woman.”
“No, the thing to do is try to make a painting that will be alive in your own lifetime.”

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