"It is by thoughtful reflection that the elusive moments of the past draw near to us in present reality and gain a measure of permanence."

-- Yi-Fu Tuan

#Past Quotes #Reality Quotes #Reflection Quotes

“Drink a bottle of French water and then step into the shower for ten minutes and you've just received the exposure equivalent of drinking a half gallon of tap water. We enjoy the most intimate of relationships with our public drinking water, whether we want to or not.”

Source : Sandra Steingraber (2012). “Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood”, p.95, Da Capo Press
“Indecisiveness and procrastination are the chosen ways of life for most people. They follow the course of least resistance, which is to do nothing. This provides a security blanket of never being wrong, never making mistakes, never being disappointed and never failing. But they will also never succeed.”
“Life, if you're fat is a minefield--you have to pick your way, otherwise you blow up.”
“what you fear, you invite.”
“I will be what I want. But I will have to want what I'll be. Success is in having success, not conditions for success.”
“One of the jewels in the crown of Labour's time in office was the rescue of the National Health Service. As the Commonwealth Fund, the London School of Economics and the Nuffield Foundation have all shown, health reforms as well as additional investment were essential to improved outcomes, especially for poorer patients.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“When you are frightened by something, you have to relate with fear, explore why you are frightened, and develop some sense of conviction. You can actually look at fear. Then fear ceases to be the dominant situation that is going to defeat you. Fear can be conquered. You can be free from fear if you realize that fear is not the ogre. You can step on fear, and therefore, you can attain what is known as fearlessness. But that requires that, when you see fear, you smile.”
“Religion is not simply a theory, it is a higher life, of which morality is an integral part - a life devoted to the worship of the good and the true, for God, the absolute, is the supreme source of all perfection" ("La religion n'et pas une smple thÃ©orie, elle est une vie supÃ©rieure, dont la moralitÃ© fait partie intÃ©grante - une vie vouÃ©e au culte du bien et du vrai, car Dieu, l'absolu est la source de toute perfection", Fr.”

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