"Man is always seeking a power, a power to overcome something or destroy something; and therefore he is not living in the awareness of God, because in the realization of the presence of God there is no need to overcome, to destroy, or to do anything."

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Source : Joel S. Goldsmith (2013). “The Joel Goldsmith Reader”, p.42, BookBaby

Joel S. Goldsmith

#Men Quotes #Overcoming Quotes #Needs Quotes

“She was reaching the limits of how much its possible to change a man”
“The more one emphasizes winning, the less he or she is able to concentrate on what actually causes success.”
“Christ subjected himself to the law of the seed in the earth, to the law of rest and growth. He was "one of the children of the year," growing through rest, secret in his mothers womb, receiving the warmth of the sun through her, living the life of dependence, helplessness, littleness, darkness, and silence which, by a mystery of the Eternal Law, is the life of natural growth.”

Source : Caryll Houselander, Thomas Hoffman (2000). “A Child in Winter: Advent, Christmas and Epiphany with Caryll Houselander”, p.96, Rowman & Littlefield
“There is only one thing in the world that is really valuable, it is to do good.”

Source : "Words of a Sage: Selected thoughts of African Spir". Book by African Spir, p. 56, 1973.
“I much prefer making music to talking about it. There's something visceral about instruments and voices that transcends words.”

Source : "A Musician's Diary". Essay by Mark Heard. "Bearing the Mystery: Twenty Years of IMAGE". Book by Gregory Wolfe, 2009.
“I really don't think anything I do is a mistake. It could be if I didn't learn from it.”

Source : "New Again: Fiona Apple". Interview with Colleen Kelsey and Tracey Pepper, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 28, 2012.
“This is a living planet. Look around. Mars, Venus, Jupiter. Look beyond our solar system. Where else is there a place that works, that is just right for the likes of us? It has not happened just instantly. It is vulnerable to our actions. But it's the result of four and a half billion years of evolution, of change over time. And it changes every day, all the time. It would be in our interest to try to maintain a certain level of stability that has enabled us to prosper, to not wreck the very systems that give us life.”
“I want to be in control of my own destiny.”

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