"It seems to me, and I am personally convinced, that the Church must never speak from a position of strength. [These are shocking words.] It ought not to be one of the forces influencing this or that state. The Church ought to be, if you will, just as powerless as God himself, which does not coerce but which calls and unveils the beauty and the truth of things without imposing them. As soon as the Church begins to exercise power, it loses its most profound characteristic which is divine love [i.e.] the understanding of those it is called to save and not to smash..."

-- Anthony of Sourozh

#Spiritual Quotes #Exercise Quotes #Profound Quotes

“The finer things I feel in me, the golden dance life could be.”

Source : Song: The Finer Things
“When I was younger I was very opinionated about art. And then, I realized that I kind of recognized this pattern where the things that I was vehemently of pissed off about, I would end up loving them two years later. So I just tried to mellow out. Like there's art that I think is pretty silly, but it doesn't get under my skin like it used to.”

Source : Interview With Laura Hoptman, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 15, 2013.
“The heathen spirit is wingless. It cannot lift itself to heights from which the totality of being is visible, and it therefore loses itself in details.”

Source : Sholem Asch (1941). “What I Believe”
“Most things can be fixed with duct tape and extension cords.”
“There's a feeling of elation that comes after getting off stage and then there's a feeling of utter sadness that comes after getting off the stage.”

Source : Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. January 5, 2004.
“Its about not letting the internal enemy, the real enemy, have his way because the more he does the stronger he becomes. The films about the devastating results that can manifest from the internal enemy being unbridled and allowed to unleash chaos.”
“One of the points about distractions is that everything that they do is destabilizing.”
“Courtesies cannot be borrowed like snow shovels; you must have some of your own.”

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