"Love is the first lie; wisdom the last."

-- Djuna Barnes

#Lying Quotes #Love Is Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“In the midst of our lives, of our freedom and our struggles, we have to make a radical, absolute decision. And we never know when lightening will strike us out of the blue. It may be when we least expect to be asked whether we have the absolute faith and trust to say yes”

Source : Karl Rahner, Albert Raffelt, Harvey D. Egan (1993). “The Great Church Year: The Best of Karl Rahner's Homilies, Sermons, and Meditations”, Crossroad Publishing Company
“Learn all there is to learn, and then choose your own path.”
“I am completely Socratic.”
“I had to wonder whether it was possible that this wasnâ€™t already decided for me, and if maybe, just maybe, this was my one last chance to try and prove it. There was no way to know. There never is. But I reached out and took it anyway.”
“I dont know how the other senators see me. I hope they see me as a farmer. Thats really what I am. But I dont think they see me on a tractor or fixing equipment. I hope they see me grounded, as somebody who has common sense.”
“Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.”
“...the sounds next door served as a kind of trip wire: I seemed to stumble and fall on my face, skinning and bruising myself here and there and scattering my emotional and intellectual possessions. There was no point in pretending that I had not fallen, for when we are stretched out in the dirt we must pick ourselves up and brush off our clothes. This then, in a sense, is what I did, reviewing my considered opinions on marriage, constancy, man's nature, and the importance of love. When I had picked up my possessions and repaired my appearance, I fell asleep.”
“I'll close my eyes really, really tight and make you all go away.”

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