"Recognizing that something is wrong is the first step toward changing the world."

-- Shane Claiborne

#World Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Steps Quotes

“A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the accent with which it is delivered.”
“Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.”
“Trust your instincts, and take control.”
“I want atheism to be true and am made uneasy by the fact that some of the most intelligent and well-informed people I know are religious believers. It isn't just that I don't believe in God and, naturally, I hope that I'm right in my belief. It's that I hope there is no God! I don't want there to be a God; I don't want the universe to be like that.”

Source : "The Last Word". Book by Thomas Nagel, 1997.
“Of course, we all inevitably work too hard, then we get burned out and have to spend the whole weekend in our pajamas, eating cereal straight out of the box and staring at the TV in a mild coma (which is the opposite of working, yes, but not exactly the same thing as pleasure).”
“World domination is such an ugly phrase. I prefer to call it world optimisation.”
“But times changed, and I changed, and I didn't feel that way anymore. The Beatles were happening. I think that was probably the main thing. The Beatles just changed the whole world of music.”
“Those who do not believe do not pray. This is a good functional definition of faith. Faith prays, unbelief does not.”

Source : John A. Hardon (1971). “Christianity in the Twentieth Century”

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