"Carolina beach music," Dupree said, coming up on the porch. "The holiest sound on earth."

-- Pat Conroy

#Beach Quotes #Earth Quotes #Sound Quotes

“Now the pessimist proper is the most modest of men. ... under no circumstances does he presume to imagine that he, a mere unit of pain, can in any degree change or soften the remorseless words of fate.”
“The increasing mistrust between the Arab-Muslim peoples and the western world is rooted in the conflict in Palestine.”

Source : "1967: Our rights have to be recognised" by Ismail Haniyeh, www.theguardian.com. June 5, 2007.
“Basically all the world's computer parts come from the same supply chain that runs from Korea, down through coastal China, over to Taiwan, and down to Malaysia.”
“My best idea was to not accept my wife's negative reaction when I asked her to marry me.”
“If the majority of the "spiritual market" is drawn to prerational magic and myth, how do you reach the small group who are involved in genuine, laborious, demanding, transrational spiritual practice? This is very difficult, because both markets are referred to as "spiritual," but these two camps really don't get along very well-one is mostly translative, the other is mostly transformative, and they generally disapprove of each other-so how do you put them into one magazine without alienating them both?”
“The ordinary activities I find most compatible with contemplation are walking, baking bread, and doing laundry.”

Source : Kathleen Norris (1998). “The Quotidian Mysteries: Laundry, Liturgy, and "women's Work"”, p.15, Paulist Press
“Basically, the only thing we need is a hand that rests on our own, that wishes it well, that sometimes guides us.”
“When you resort to shouting in conflict, you are reacting in the flesh. You have lost control of the only person you can control: yourself.”

Source : Neil T. Anderson, Steve Russo (1991). “Seduction of Our Children”, Harvest House Pub

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