"The test of a civilized person is first self-awareness, and then depth after depth of sincerity in self-confrontation."

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Source : Clarence Day (1921). “The Crow's Nest”

Clarence Day

#Self Quotes #Justice Quotes #Depth Quotes

“Your desires and true beliefs have a way of playing blind man's bluff. You must corner the inner facts...”
“I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.”
“In defiance of all the tortue, of all the might, of all the malice of the world, the liberal man will ever be rich; for God's providence is his estate, God's wisdom and power are his defence, God's love and favor are his reward, and God's word is his security.”
“And this prime hour of fragrance is the hour so many miss upon beds of sloth, never half knowing what a beautiful, marvellous world is around them. Not all the long hours of day can possibly bring back again the charm and blessedness of this, either to the body or to the soul.”
“International educational exchange is the most significant current project designed to continue the process of humanizing mankind to the point, we would hope, that men can learn to live in peace-eventually even to cooperate in constructive activities rather than compete in a mindless contest of mutual destruction....We must try to expand the boundaries of human wisdom, empathy and perception, and there is no way of doing that except through education.”
“During the football scene in the Point Break they were playing, and I wasn't slated to be in the football scene. I was like, "I want to play!" So they said, "Go play." It was just a gas. There was a responsibility of being the leading lady - there's a responsibility to that.”

Source : Source: www.broadwayworld.com
“Occasionally.. .what you have to do is go back to the beginning and see everything in a new way.”
“What would we have to hold in compassion to be at peace right now? What would we have to let go of to be at peace right now?”

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