"Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song."

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Source : "Force of Nature". Book by Dana Mentink (p. 215), December 3, 2013.

Pope John Paul II

#Depression Quotes #God Quotes #Spiritual Quotes

“I like talking. I didn't know at the time I would have to worry so much about my hair.”
“Perhaps that is our doom, our human curse, to never really know one another.”
“Gradually, ... the aspect of science as knowledge is being thrust into the background by the aspect of science as the power of manipulating nature. It is because science gives us the power of manipulating nature that it has more social importance than art. Science as the pursuit of truth is the equal, but not the superior, of art. Science as a technique, though it may have little intrinsic value, has a practical importance to which art cannot aspire.”
“All life is a boomerang. We receive what we give.”

Source : Shirley Maclaine (2010). “Going Within: A Guide for Inner Transformation”, p.183, Bantam
“We know that African American students tend to be relational learners. It's about the relationships between a teacher and student. Students respond well to teachers they know, believe in them, care about them, but also who teach in a matter that elicits a more active approach to learning, rather than just sitting and listening. The research on this is strong and has been available for a long time, but it is not widely practiced. That's a huge obstacle.”
“My dad was in the army. World War II. He got his college education from the army. After World War II he became an insurance salesman. Really, I didn't know my dad very well. He and my mother split up after the war. I was raised by my maternal grandmother and grandfather, and by my mother.”
“Another crazy day where you drink the night away and forget about everything.”
“Living in a culture that prefers to shut out the dark, avoid shadows, and anesthetize pain means that many people are isolated. ... Family, friends, and co-workers, fearful of the dark, are reluctant to participate in our shadow experience and may urge us to be done with the dark before it is done with us.”

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