"I've heard people say that God is the gift of desperation, and there's a lot to be said for having really reached a bottom where you've run out of any more good ideas or plans for everybody else's behavior; or how to save and fix and rescue; or just get out of a huge mess, possibly of your own creation."

-- Anne Lamott

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“Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.”
“The indolent mind is not empty, but full of vermin.”
“After mastery comes artistry and not before.”
“Nature's not our enemy, it's our sustenance; and we need it - and we need nature healthy for us to be healthy and to survive long term”
“Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.”
“Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.”

Source : "Character: Whitney Young". "Independent Lens ", TV Series (1999– ). "The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights", www.imdb.com. 2013.
“Early on, I learnt from the Russian intelligentsia that the only meaning of life lies in conscious participation in the making of history. The more I think of that, the more deeply true it seems to be. It follows that one must range oneself actively against everything that diminishes man, and involve oneself in all struggles which tend to liberate and enlarge him. This categorical imperative is by no way lessened by the fact that such an involvement is inevitably soiled by error: it is a worse error merely to live for oneself, caught within traditions which are soiled by inhumanity.”

Source : Victor Serge (2002). “Memoirs of a Revolutionary”, p.374, University of Iowa Press
“The unfortunate thing is that I live next door to the pub they all drink in. So if I leave my light on and they know I'm in, they all descend on me. I know it's nice, but it's a bit of a bummer if you're trying to watch EastEnders.”

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