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“We know that all must, in the end, stand by the side of the Divine. There is no escape from it, because that is His will.”
Source : Charles Webster Leadbeater (1909). “Some Glimpses of Occultism: Ancient and Modern”
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“I do everything I can on a daily basis just so I can have something to give back to the world.”
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“We are all called to be saints, St. Paul says, and we might as well get over our bourgeois fear of the name. We might also get used to recognizing the fact that there is some of the saint in all of us.”
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“I've been asked to do small parts in films, but you know, what I've learned in the 12 Steps of Recovery is that for me, being a public person, is not a very healthy thing. There's too many drugs, too many jets, too many girls, too many parties. It's just not my lifestyle. I'm 58 years old. A good round of golf is about as exciting as my life gets.”
Source : Source: www.movieweb.com
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“John Kerry will undergo surgery to repair his right shoulder. He originally hurt it when he suddenly switched positions on Iraq.”
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“Law is for the society; love is for the individual. Law is how you behave with others; love is how you behave with yourself. Love is an inner flowering; law is an outward performance. Because you live with people you have to be lawful, but that is not enough - good, but not enough.”
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“Never stop listening to your audience.”
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“Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity. Ours is a culture that measures our worth as human beings by our efficiency, our earnings, our ability to perform this or that. The cult of productivity has its place, but worshipping at its altar daily robs us of the very capacity for joy and wonder that makes life worth living.”
Source : "Happy Birthday, Brain Pickings: 7 Things I Learned in 7 Years of Reading," by Maria Popova, www.brainpickings.org. October 23, 2013.