"Once the process [of conversion] is begun and continues...you are continually turning inward toward God and away from your own egocentricity...you have to see this selfish side of yourself in order to turn away from it. I measure God by everything I am not. I begin with that."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Faith Quotes #Selfish Quotes #Order Quotes

“It seems like everyone's got an agenda, and the agenda seems to be selling magazines or air time with sensational stories.”
“A different language is a different vision of life.”

Source : Federico Fellini, Bert Cardullo (2006). “Federico Fellini: Interviews”, p.180, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“I played for Almendares in Cuba. Guess who was trying out for the team? Castro. Fidel Castro, as a pitcher. He could throw pretty hard, but he was wild. He didn't have any control.”
“Tomorrow is another day, we rather hope it will be better but better it won't be unless self-foibles are examined.”

Source : Barbara Oakley (2010). “Evil Genes: Why Rome Fell, Hitler Rose, Enron Failed, and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfri end”, p.140, Prometheus Books
“A woman's paradise is under her husband's foot”
“An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.”
“We've put huge resources into predicting tsunamis, hurricanes, and earthquakes. HIV/AIDS is like an earthquake that's lasted 30 years and touched every country on the planet. We have such incredible capacity to think about the future, it's time we used it to predict biological threats. Otherwise we'll be blindsided again and again.”
“Drugs are not always necessary. Belief in recovery always is.”

Source : Norman Cousins (2016). “Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration”, p.17, Open Road Media

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