"I have learned that human beings are not searching for philosophies, even though it may seem that way sometimes. We are searching for something we can trust. And when we find ourselves in the midst of change, the philosophies are like a broken crutch. They do not hold us up. What supports us is a force, an energy, a vortex of love that expresses through us as warmth, creativity, service, and compassion."

-- Stephen Schwartz

#Philosophy Quotes #Creativity Quotes #Compassion Quotes

“The ocean is a supreme metaphor for change. I expect the unexpected but am never fully prepared.”
“The moral and religious teachings of no bible reach a higher altitude than the intelligence and mental development of the age and country which produced it.”

Source : Kersey Graves (1875). “The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors: Or, Christianity Before Christ, Containing New, Startling, and Extraordinary Revelations in Religious History, which Disclose the Oriental Origin of All the Doctrines, Principles, Precepts, and Miracles of the Christian New Testament, and Furnishing a Key for Unlocking Many of Its Sacred Mysteries, Besides Comprising the History of 16 Heathen Crucified Gods”, p.4
“If all the sins of the flesh are worthy of condemnation because by them man allows himself to be dominated by that which he has of the animal nature, much more deserving of condemnation are the sins against nature by which man degrades his own animal nature....”
“I was in love with the idea of being in love with a woman way before I was actually in love with one.”
“Albanians are a nation of freedom fighters who know something about living under oppression.”
“The only way you get Americans to notice anything is to tax them or draft them or kill them.”
“Flute was actually my first instrument. I had a year of lessons and then stopped after feeling like I was going to faint all of the time.”
“A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.”

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