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Don Richard Riso

"The testimony of the greatest humans who have ever lived is that the way to make the most of ourselves is by transcending ourselves. We must learn to move beyond self-centeredness to make room within ourselves for others. When you transcend yourself, the fact will be confirmed by the quality of your life. We will attain - even if only momentarily - a transparency and a radiance of being which results from living both within and beyond yourself. This is the promise and the excitement of self-understanding."

Source : Don Richard Riso, Russ Hudson (2000). “Understanding the Enneagram: The Practical Guide to Personality Types”, p.370, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Don Richard Riso

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“It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.”
“An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment.”

Source : "The Sum of You: Teach Yourself" by Alan Graham, Hachette UK, (p. 13), October 29, 2010.
“I love the magic of the studio.”
“The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it.”
“Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you what you are.”
“I have performed the necessary butchery. Here is the bleeding corpse.”
“What we feel at prayer is God's business, not ours, and we must strive to be totally abandoned to the presence of 'consolation' or of boredom when we pray. A clear understanding that the value of our prayer does not depend upon how we feel is extremely important if we are to persevere in prayer. So many people feel that if their prayer is distracted it cannot be pleasing to God, and are therefore led to abandon their efforts precisely when fidelity is of the most importance.”
“When silence is prolonged over a certain period of time, it takes on new meaning.”

Source : Yukio Mishima (1969). “Thirst for love”, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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