Quotes
Authors
Maximus the Confessor

"Those who, animal-like, live solely according to the senses... misuse God's creation in order to indulge the passions. They do not understand the principle of that wisdom which is revealed to all: that we should know and praise God through His creation and that by means of the visible world we should understand whence we came, what we are, for what purpose we were made and where we are going. On the contrary, they travel through this present age in darkness... with... ignorance of God."

-- Maximus the Confessor

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“Work like hell, tell everyone everything you know, close a deal with a handshake, and have fun.”
“There is in all our strivings a profound homesickness for God. When we touch another we touch God. When we look at a flower, its radiance, its fragrance, its stillness is another moment's experience of something deeper within. When we hold a baby, when we hear extraordinary music, when we look into the eyes of a great saint, what draws us is that deep homesickness for our true nature, for the peace and healing that is our birthright. This homesickness for God directs us toward the healing we took birth for.”
“I have absolutely no complaints about my life. But people think I got handed everything, all this kind of fell in my lap, that I was just God-gifted with all this talent. I wanted people to realize it's a lot tougher than just waking up one day and you're in the NHL.”
“Each of us has a creation tale - how we came into this world. And I'll add this: each of us has an uncreation tale - how our lives came apart. That which undoes us. Sooner or later, it will claim you. Mark you. More than your creation.”
“Pleasure involves respect, and respect starts with words.”

Source : Jean-Claude Izzo (2016). “Total Chaos”, p.55, Penguin
“I don't think baseball could survive without all the statistical appurtenances involved in calculating pitching, hitting and fielding percentages. Some people could do without the games as long as they got the box scores.”
“I chose to believe that God, a benign God, would understand our sufferings and forgive us our trespasses.”

Source : Jojo Moyes (2012). “Me Before You: A Novel”, p.117, Penguin
“Sometimes my quotes may be too colorful.”

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