"Now I see that the journey was never meant to lead to some new and improved version of me; that it has always been about coming home to who I already am."

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Source : Katrina Kenison (2013). “Magical Journey: An Apprenticeship in Contentment”, p.152, Hachette UK

Katrina Kenison

#Home Quotes #Journey Quotes #Coming Home Quotes

“As you know, when Star Trek was canceled after the second season, it was the activism of the fans that revived it for a third season.”
“In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.”
“It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory.”

Source : Military Review, October 1948.
“I think it's great that people now have access to Pro Tools and other recording software at home. I've never understood how anyone could be comfortable in a recording studio”
“The most baleful mischiefs may be expected from the unmanly conduct of not daring to face truth because it is unpleasing.”

Source : Thomas Malthus (2015). “An Essay on the Principle of Population and Other Writings”, p.159, Penguin UK
“The immediacy of mystic experience simply means that we know God just as we know other objects. God is not a mathematical entity or a system of concepts mutually related to one another and having no reference to experience.”
“I talked to Beyonce and she wants to learn how to speak Arabic and she wants to jump out of an airplane. I don't want to do that. I just don't want to wash my hair every day.”
“Some people who experience a religious conversion seem to undergo a personality change. They can be quite congenial and easygoing when talking about mundane things, but when they start talking about their faith, their demeanor changes. Their tone of voice modifies, their smile becomes tense and they become defensive when questioned about their evidence for belief. It becomes difficult to have a friendly conversation with them.”

Source : "The God Virus: How Religion Infects Our Lives and Culture". Book by Darrel Ray, 2009.

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