"My whole worldview has changed because of the work that I do. Specifically, the way in which I appropriate my own faith as a Christian, and the way in which I think about the faith and life of others who are very different than myself. That mutuality of regard is how we deal with difference and diversity in the world."

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Diana L. Eck

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“I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country, so most especially the older people have to get accustomed to it.”
“The greatest gift a parent can give a child is unconditional love. As a child wanders and strays, finding his bearings, he needs a sense of absolute love from a parent. There's nothing wrong with tough love, as long as the love is unconditional.”

Source : Rosamunde Pilcher (2013). “The Shell Seekers”, p.384, St. Martin's Press
“In your language you have a form of poetry called the sonnetâ€¦There are fourteen lines, I believe, all in iambic pentameter. Thatâ€™s a very strict rhythm or meterâ€¦And each line has to end with a rigid pattern. And if the poet does not do it exactly this way, it is not a sonnetâ€¦But within this strict form the poet has complete freedom to say whatever he wantsâ€¦Youâ€™re given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you.”
“If the outer world is diminished in its grandeur, then the emotional, imaginative, intellectual, and spiritual life of the human is diminished or extinguished. Without the soaring birds, the great forests, the sounds and coloration of the insects, the free-flowing streams, the flowering fields, the sight of clouds by day and the stars at night, we become impoverished in all that makes us human.”

Source : Thomas Berry (2011). “The Great Work: Our Way into the Future”, p.200, Crown
“You can't get into the Hall of Fame unless you limp.”
“Political technology determines political success.”
“Through True Love, she merges with Him. She who does not know her Husband Lord, the Architect of karma, is deluded by falsehood she herself is false.”
“I feel good about the fact that I finally found something I love. I never lived in one place for very long - that's the way my whole life has been. I was always packing and moving around, staying in Canada, Kentucky, Jersey, St. Louis - it all helped because I was always learning new accents, experiencing different environments.”

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