"A community which refuses to welcome - whether through fear, weariness, insecurity, a desire to cling to comfort, or just because it is fed up with visitors - is dying spiritually."

-- Jean Vanier

#Community Quotes #Insecurity Quotes #Dying Quotes

“We sometimes get lost in a bubble... when you get to a certain age you're always thinking about the old days and how it wasn't like that then. Well, yeah, that's great and it's very nostalgic and all that, but actually the world has moved on.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk
“Any preacher who preaches beyond that which he has experienced is incapable of preaching with conviction.”
“I love you just the way you are but you don't see you like I do. You shouldn't try so hard to be perfect. Trust me, perfect should try to be you.”
“You experience other cultures to give you a kind of shock that makes you look at your own culture. You appreciate it more as a result of being out of it, but you also realise there are some things lacking in your culture.”
“I've been watching so many movies and they all have to do with the DVDs. It's just so much more convenient.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I am a story teller and I take each story very seriously.”
“I observe the world and the people surrounding me.”
“Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.”

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