"I think the real problem for American religion are those minority of fundamentalists who try to identify political policies with religion."

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Source : "Father Andrew Greeley Extended Interview". Interview With Judy Valente, www.pbs.org. May 10, 2002.

Andrew Greeley

#Real Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Political Quotes

“God defines himself as "I am who I am", which also means: My being is such that I shall always be present in every moment of becoming.”

Source : Hans Urs von Balthasar (1991). “Unless You Become Like this Child”, p.55, Ignatius Press
“The human mind is never better disposed to gratitude and attachment than when softened by fear.”

Source : "Queen Victoria's Little Wars". Book by Byron Farwell, p. 27-31, 1972.
“Love: A temporary insanity curable by marriage.”
“What drew me to acting in the first place was disguise.”
“A time will come, and soon, when, from mere habit, you will echo the scream of every delirious wretch that harbors near you; then you will pause, clasp your hands on your throbbing head, and listen with horrible anxiety whether the scream proceeded from you or them.”

Source : Charles Robert Maturin (2008). “Melmoth the Wanderer: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.75, ReadHowYouWant.com
“Life is sweet, life is also very short.”
“When you choose to focus on today and all the possibilities that lie ahead you automatically release your grip on yesterday. Layers of the past gradually fall away and you are soon set free”
“Bravery isn't what you do so much as how you look back at what you did.”

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