"Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands."

-- Wislawa Szymborska

#Reality Quotes #Demand Quotes #Pace Quotes

“Their Maker, she said, gives them the sky to carry because they are strong. These people do not know who they are, but if you see a lot of trouble in your life, it is because you were chosen to carry part of the sky on your head. -pg. 25”
“Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at.”
“what would you call this haircut?" arthur.”
“While helping hundreds of thousands of refugees, Red Cross volunteers undoubtedly heard stories of Nazi brutality and rumors of mass gassings and they noted those rumors and kept an eye out for any evidence of them, but they saw nothing to indicate that the rumors were true.”
“You're...writing for other writers to an extent-the dead writers whose work you admire, as well as the living writers you like to read.”
“This is why I respect those who are curious about God, but I beware of those who claim to find Him.”
“.. every single corner and aspect of our lives, every single choice, will be different if we take the invitation of this [Rumi's] poetry to act from the Divine Center of Silence and allow the glory of the Presence to soak our every movement.”

Source : Andrew Harvey (2013). “The Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi”, p.120, North Atlantic Books
“God doesn't do the work for you; he does the work through you. It's not enough to look up; you must also look within.”

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