"A mystic is someone who aches for, continually searches for, direct contact with God; contact not mediated through the emotions or intellect, but a full melding of spirit and will, believing that this is not only possible but is the entire point of life in this world."

-- Doug Ferguson

#Believe Quotes #World Quotes #Emotion Quotes

“My dad didn't hug me every day and say he loved me and anything like that.”
“I'm of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe. Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.”
“When you gossip about another person, listeners unconsciously associate you with the characteristics you are describing, ultimately leading to those characteristics' being â€œtransferredâ€ to you. So, say positive and pleasant things about friends and colleagues, and you are seen as a nice person. In contrast, constantly complain about their failings, and people will unconsciously apply the negative traits and incompetence to you.”

Source : Richard Wiseman (2009). “59 Seconds: Think a Little, Change a Lot”, p.58, Anchor
“I've never had to explain 'Prometheus' to people, ever. Most people get it.”
“I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good. No other person has been more eloquent and passionate in getting this idea across than Henry David Thoreau. As a result of his writings and personal witness, we are the heirs of a legacy of creative protest.”
“I've been in The Who, I've been in The Beatles and I've been in Pink Floyd! Top that!”

Source : Record Collector, May 2003.
“I don't want to stay in the bad place, where no one believes in silver linings or love or happy endings.”

Source : Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.6, Pan Macmillan
“And lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ. In our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ.”

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