"The Romans had, like other Pagan nations, a nature festival, called by them Saturnalia, and the Northern peoples had Yule; both celebrated the turn of the year from the death of winter to the life of spring - the winter solstice. As this was an auspicious change the festival was a very joyous one... The giving of presents and the burning of candles characterized it. Among the Northern people the lighting of a huge log in the houses of the great and with appropriate ceremonies was a feature."

-- Samuel L. Jackson

#Spring Quotes #Winter Quotes #Years Quotes

“In Republics, the great danger is, that the majority may not sufficiently respect the rights of the minority.”
“The world makes us look towards ourselves, our possessions, our desires.The Gospel invites us to be open to others, to share with the poor.”
“I tried to pay some small tribute to A Man and a Woman (1966) with the recurring musical theme.”
“I cannot remember much, I cannot feel much. Maybe erasure is necessary. Maybe the human spirit defends itself as the body does, attacking infection, enveloping and destroying those malignancies that would otherwise consume us.”
“I'm doing the best I can with what I got and that's all anybody in my band is doing.”

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“Some people think God does not like to be troubled with our constant coming and asking. The way to trouble God is not to come at all.”

Source : Dwight L Moody (1987). “Prevailing Prayer”, p.79, Moody Publishers
“Humans call animals 'dumb'... after they robbed their entire own precious world. They are intelligent beings in their own right, and thoroughly self-sufficient... if not molested by humans. Yet, after millennia of slavery by selfish/callous humans they're made to look dumb! The 'superior species' in their situations would, too, appear 'dumb'.”
“Our eternal spiritual self is more real than anything we perceive in this physical realm, and has a divine connection to the infinite love of the Creator.”

Source : Eben Alexander (2012). “Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the Afterlife”, p.146, Simon and Schuster

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