"The Jews were God's chosen people."

-- Saint John Chrysostom

#People Quotes #Jew Quotes #Chosen Quotes

“The world is always changing brightness and hotness and soundness, I never know how it's going to be the next minute.”
“Don't run with your legs, run with your heart.”

Source : Dean Karnazes (2006). “Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner”, p.28, Penguin
“Where can we find greater structural clarity than in the wooden buildings of the old. Where else can we find such unity of material, construction and form? Here the wisdom of whole generations is stored. What feelings for material and what power of expression there is in these buildings! What warmth and beauty they have! They seem to be echoes of old songs.”
“People here are funny. They work so hard at living, they forget how to live.”
“It's phenomenally important to me that, if I'm going to be spending years on a project, I need to be interested in the whole thing. I'm not there to be on my own. And if I'm going to be with these people, I'd best be interested in their work.”
“If the praise of others elates me and their blame depresses me; if I cannot rest under misunderstandin g without defending myself; if I love to be loved more than to love, to be served more than to serve, then I know nothing of Calvary love.”
“Gratitude as a discipline involves a conscious choice. I can choose to be grateful even when my emotions and feelings are still steeped in hurt and resentment. It is amazing how many occasions present themselves in which I can choose gratitude instead of a complaint.”
“It's such a profound alienation for a person not to be at home in their own body.”

Source : "Is weight the new race?" by Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. July 8, 2006.

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