Quotes
Authors
Alan Lightman

"For me, spirituality includes the belief in things larger than ourselves, an appreciation of nature and beauty, a sensitivity to the world, a feeling of shared connection with other living things, a desire to help people less fortunate than ourselves. All of these things can occur with or without God. I do not believe in the existence of God, but I consider myself a spiritual person in the manner I have just described. I call myself a spiritual atheist. I would imagine that many people are spiritual atheists."

-- Alan Lightman

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“I'm not about talking and finger-pointing and complaining. I'm about getting things done.”

Source : "Christine Quinn formally announces bid to be New York's first female mayor" by Matt Williams, www.theguardian.com. March 10, 2013.
“He left her. She was dissatisfied with him. He had preferred to incur her anger rather than cause her pain. He had kept all the pain for himself.”
“Breath is critical to everything, to our relaxation, to our flexibility, to our mobility, to our strength and to our power. Knowing how to use our breath and tapping into this breath strength is critical for success as strength athletes.”
“Okay. Morality in a nutshell. Don't hurt people if you can avoid it. Don't steal stuff unless you're starving or it's really, really important. Work hard. Pay your bills. Try to help others. Always double-check your math if there are explosives involved. If you screwed it up, you need to see it gets fixed. And don't eat anything that talks. If it doesn't fall under one of those categories, just do the best you can.”
“It seems that 'national security' is the root password to the Constitution. As with any dishonest superuser, the best countermeasure is strong encryption.”
“One afternoon a girl walked by in a bikini and my cousin Janet scoffed, â€œLook at the hips on her.â€ I panicked. What about the hips? Were they too big? Too small? What were my hips? I didnâ€™t know hips could be a problem. I thought there was just fat or skinny. This was how I found out that there are an infinite number of things that can be â€œincorrectâ€ on a womanâ€™s body.”
“No civilization is complete which does not include the dumb and defenseless of God's creatures within the sphere of charity and mercy.”
“I do what I do because of Walt Disney - his films and his theme park and his characters and his joy in entertaining.”

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