"If God really became incarnate, and if His Incarnation can with justice compel man to change his life,then we have no alternative but to conceive of this Incarnation as something which is still present and which will remain present for all future time. ... What happens in the liturgical celebration of the Eucharist is something for which all religions of mankind have exressed longing, dimly sensed was coming, and as a rule even prefigured- the physical presence of the divine Logos made man, and the presence of his sacrificial death, in the midst of the congregation celebrating the mysteries."

-- Josef Pieper

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“Instead of a bottom-line based on money and power, we need a new bottom-line that defines productivity and creativity as where corporations, governments, schools, public institutions, and social practices are judged as efficient, rational and productive not only to the extent they maximize money and power, but to the extent they maximize love and caring, ethical and ecological sensitivity, and our capacities to respond with awe and wonder at the grandeur of creation.”
“The ship of democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those on board.”

Source : "The American Mercury" Magazine, Volume 93, 1961.
“We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.”
“Investigate what is, and not what pleases.”
“Only a few of us are going to be willing to break our own hearts by trading in the living beauty of imagination for the stark disappointment of words.”

Source : Ann Patchett (2013). “This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage”, p.27, Harper Collins
“If your hair has never given you any trouble, if you've never had huge fights with your mother about it, then you might not have a story to tell. But I think most people do.”

Source : Source: nytlive.nytimes.com
“Mine! There isn't any such thing as mine. The world slips slithering through my fingers.”

Source : Nancy Hale (1988). “The Prodigal Women”, Plume
“I'd love to come to New Zealand!! I've been to Australia a few times - I'm well aware it's not the same country. I've heard from people it's beautiful - great diving, music and no scary animals.”

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