"We have seen what the dependence and addiction to foreign oil has done to us economically."

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“A wise man once remarked that we can count how many seeds are in the apple, but not how many apples are in the seed.”

Source : Wendy Mass (2008). “Jeremy Fink and the meaning of life”
“I understand the most profound and simplest Truth of all: Any time any of us reaches out, any time we pour even a drop of love, compassion, simple human decency (no matter how small; how seemingly insignificant) into the sea of earthly existence - we are, each and every one of us - the being called Mercy.”

Source : "Mercy". Book by J.M. DeMatteis and Paul Johnson, 1993.
“When a lot of people are calling you crazy: you're either crazy, or you're onto something.”
“I think there are two areas where new ideas are terribly dangerous: economics and sex. By and large, it's all been tried, and if it's really new, it's probably illegal or dangerous or unhealthy.”
“I really like clever men who challenge you.”
“For twenty years I have ached to go back home, when there was nobody there to whom I could return.”
“Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.”
“When we say 'hallowed be Your name' to God what we are really saying is 'Father, make us such as deserve knowledge and understanding of how holy You are, or at least let Your holiness shine forth in the spiritual lives we lead.' And this surely happens as men see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven.”

Source : John Cassian, Colm Luibhéid (1985). “Conferences”, p.113, Paulist Press

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