"We "need" cancer because, by the very fact of its incurability, it makes all other diseases, however virulent, not cancer."

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Source : Gilbert Adair (1986). “Myths & memories”, HarperCollins

Gilbert Adair

#Cancer Quotes #Needs Quotes #Disease Quotes

“How much trouble did the Democrats cause for a particular nominee on the way to actually being confirmed.And usually it`s very little.”
“Being alone was easier. No risk, just loneliness. No one ever died from that.”

Source : Marjorie M. Liu (2010). “A Wild Light: Hunter Kiss:”, p.40, Hachette UK
“Gratefulness is not just saying "thank you." It's acting. It is being yourself. A mother is grateful, shows gratefulness by mothering, a scientist by doing science.”
“Nothing can make a man truly great but being truly good, and partaking of God's holiness.”
“If you do not see any good in these persons, then say nothing, but if you do see some, speak about it to honor God in them because all good proceeds from Him.”
“When I was younger and more tortured, I wanted to suffer in my roles.”
“The great mystery isn't that people do things badly but that they occasionally do a few things well. The only thing that is universal is incompetence. Strength is always specific! Nobody ever commented, for example, that the great violinist Jascha Heifetz probably couldn't play the trumpet very well.”
“Unlimited inner strength can only be awakened when it is in the service of Love....When we align ourselves with that love and act in service of that love, anything is possible.”

Source : FaceBook post by Krishna Das from Dec 10, 2015

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