"To be a light to others you will need a good dose of the spiritual life. Because as my mother used to say, if you are in a good place, then you can help others; but if you're not well, then go look for somebody who is in a good place who can help you."

-- Rigoberta Menchu

#God Quotes #Mother Quotes #Spiritual Quotes

“If you create enough space in Egypt, civil society will revive itself, and then will you have all of these secular forces, liberals, nationalists and others, compete with the Islamists. And then you will see the Islamists reduced to their size.”

Source : "After Egypt's 'Cosmic' Day, Will Army Usher in Democratic, Civilian Government?". "PBS NewsHour" with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. February 11, 2011.
“We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary.' What is that, grandmother?' To understand other people.' Yes, grandmother. I must be fair - for if I'm not fair to other people, I'm not worth being understood myself. I see.”
“Colour is the ultimate in art. It is still and will always remain a mystery to us, we can only apprehend it intuitively in flowers.”
“Even a tourist can tell in a Roman street that he is in something and not outside of something as he would be in most cities. In Rome to go out is to go home.”

Source : Eleanor Clark (1952). “Rome and a Villa”
“And sometimes when I am weary, When the path is thorny and Wild, I'll look back to the Eyes in the twilight, Back to the eyes that smiled. And pray that a wreath like a rainbow May slip from the beautiful past, And Crown me again with the sweet, strong love And keep me, and hold me fast.”

Source : Voltairine De Cleyre (2004). “The Voltairine de Cleyre Reader”, A K PressDistribution
“A piece of fabric can get me going.”
“I don't even know what success is.”
“Worrying won't prevent the worst outcome. I've learned to live in the moment, which is not my natural tendency. I've always thought that if I worried about something enough, it wouldn't happen. I forgot to worry about Parkinson's.”

Source : "Oprah Talks to Michael J. Fox & Tracy Pollan". www.oprah.com. March 15, 2002.

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