"God . . . endowed [the human race] with capacity to attain to the inaccessible and invisible Supreme Good and behold it face to face . . ."

-- Pope Paul III

#Race Quotes #Faces Quotes #Invisible Quotes

“Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such”

Source : Henry Miller (1959). “The Henry Miller Reader”, p.356, New Directions Publishing
“Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.”
“Wherever you turn you cannot live without internet, phones .. So I think the film industry will change, but I still believe that the TV will survive in the same way the cinema survives.”
“Without God, we cannot. Without us, God will not”
“The time to recognize the power of community is here again. Not as some romanticized renaissance from times past, but as a necessarily new and innovative response to "life as it is offering itself to us."”
“Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones.”
“You don't just have to be influenced by rock, or goth, anymore. It's okay to say, 'My influences are Tin Pan music from Bali and Rihanna.' There are still so many combinations that haven't been done yet.”
“Listen, here's what I'd like to do: I'd like to live in a trailer and play records all night.”

Source : Charles Portis (1999). “Norwood”, p.77, The Overlook Press

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