"The world does not owe us a living, we owe the world a living, our own."

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Source : John Beuhrens, Forrest Church (1998). “A Chosen Faith: An Introduction to Unitarian Universalism”, p.15, Beacon Press

Forrest Church

#Doe Quotes #World Quotes

“There will not be a magic day when we wake up and it's now okay to express ourselves publicly. We make that day by doing things publicly until it's simply the way things are.”
“Statistics are somewhat like old medical journals, or like revolvers in newly opened mining districts. Most men rarely use them, and find it troublesome to preserve them so as to have them easy of access; but when they do want them, they want them badly.”
“If you take a violin, you can make it sound 50 different ways. Not just pizzicato and played by the bow, but ponticello, and harmonics, and tremolos. If you take an oboe and play it, there's about one way you can make it sound: like an oboe.”
“Being frightened of things is worse than the things themselves.”
“Always be aware that you have the power to create the naturally stress-free and tranquil life you desire.”
“It's easier to write about pain than about joy. Joy is wordless.”
“My only objection to the arrangements there is the two-in-a-bed system. It is bad.... But let your words and conduct be perfectlypure--such as your mother might know without bringing a blush to your cheek.... If not already mentioned, do not tell your mother of the doubling in bed.”
“It was easier to conquer it than to know what to do with it.”

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