"If you can't give me poetry, can't you give me poetical science?"

-- Ada Lovelace

“I think all phases of one's career are serious if you take it seriously no matter if you are doing high profile dramatic pieces or not.”
“A real secret is something which only one person knows.”
“The language fictional characters use is chosen for effect, at least if the author is concentrating.”
“A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does”

Source : "Peaceful Warrior". www.imdb.com. 2006.
“Love is selfless. The key is giving up yourself.”
“'Blessed are the poor in spirit, for they shall see God' suggested to me a heavenly welfare program for the meek. Today that saying reveals an astute insight into egotism, about how those with swollen pride or vanity cannot see anything larger than themselves.”
“Life deals from the bottom, sometimes, doesn't it?”
“Accepting the reality of our broken, flawed lives is the beginning of spirituality not because the spiritual life will remove our flaws but because we let go of seeking perfection and, instead, seek God, the one who is present in the tangledness of our lives.”

Source : Mike Yaconelli (2009). “Messy Spirituality”, p.14, Harper Collins

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