"Hard truths can be dealt with, triumphed over, but lies will destroy your soul."

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Patricia Briggs

#Lying Quotes #Soul Quotes #Your Soul Quotes

“I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.”

Source : Emily Dickinson (2012). “Letters of Emily Dickinson”, p.139, Courier Corporation
“I don't have to be a 'gazillionaire;' what's important to me is to just being able to work.”
“In mysticism that love of truth which we saw as the beginning of all philosophy leaves the merely intellectual sphere, and takes on the assured aspect of a personal passion. Where the philosopher guesses and argues, the mystic lives and looks; and speaks, consequently, the disconcerting language of first-hand experience, not the neat dialectic of the schools. Hence whilst the Absolute of the metaphysicians remains a diagram â€”impersonal and unattainableâ€”the Absolute of the mystics is lovable, attainable, alive.”

Source : Evelyn Underhill (2012). “Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness”, p.38, Courier Corporation
“Kind? How boring that would be. I aspire to be wicked.”
“The great myth of our work-intense era is 'quality time.' We believe we can make up for the loss of days or hours, especially with each other, by concentrated minutes. But ultimately there is no way to do one-minute mothering. There is no way to pay attention in a hurry.”
“The old he-coon walks just before the light of day.”
“In order to gain the respect of your players in the locker room, you can't just perform on Saturday. You have to do it consistently during practices, meetings, and in the weight room.”
“If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.”

Source : The Leopard ch. 1 (1957) (translation by Archibald Colquhoun)

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