"My tendency to idealize Western civilization arises from my nationalistic desire to use the West in order to reform China. But this has led me to overlook the flaws of Western culture."

-- Liu Xiaobo

#Order Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Desire Quotes

“A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of Saint Thomas Aquinas, an unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal and natural law.”
“I tend to believe, when you're in a relationship, if you don't fight, it's not a real relationship. You have to have arguments and tensions, otherwise I don't believe it.”

Source : "Director Richard LaGravenese Talks BEAUTIFUL CREATURES, Adapting the Book, Deleted Scenes, BEHIND THE CANDELABRA, and THE LAST FIVE YEARS". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 16, 2013.
“The foundation of worship in the heart is not emotional ("I feel full of worship" or "The atmosphere is so worshipful"). Actually, it is theological. Worship is not something we "work up," it is something that "comes down" to us, from the character of God.”
“I just love where I am right now in my career. I love country music. I don't ever feel restricted by the genre. I've been able to have a solid career that we've built one step at a time and a family. I know that I'm in a good place.”
“Love is an attempt to change a piece of a dream world into reality.”

Source : Theodor Reik (2002). “Love and Lust: On the Psychoanalysis of Romantic and Sexual Emotions”, p.190, Transaction Publishers
“Fear is the most easily taught of all lessons, and the fight against terror, real or imagined, is perhaps the history of man's mind.”

Source : Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (2015). “Cross Creek”, p.148, Booklassic
“When you feel homesick,â€™ he said, â€˜just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go.”
“The only true borders lie between day and night, between life and death, between hope and loss.”

Source : Erin Hunter (2012). “Warriors: Omen of the Stars #6: The Last Hope”, p.23, Harper Collins

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