"The full-grown modern human being ... is conscious of touching the highest pinnacle of fulfillment... when he is consumed in the service of an idea, in the conquest of the goal pursued."

-- Robert Briffault

#Ideas Quotes #Goal Quotes #Touching Quotes

“I had a moment a few years ago where I wasn't sure if I was acting for myself or because people expected it of me. A bit of a crisis of faith, I suppose. I did some soul-searching, took a break and decided I was going to live my life only for me.”
“Long before I had ever seen a ritualistic service I became a Ritualist.”

Source : Ronald Arbuthnott Knox (1958). “A Spiritual Aeneid”
“Mostly, I was only interested in television as a kid, and the majority of reading material I collected was an adjunct to that central concern, comic books and magazines included.”
“We are the witnesses to the miracle. We are put here by creation, by God....We're here to be the audience to the magnificent. It is our job to celebrate.”
“Genuine happiness comes from focusing on the happiness of others.”
“Nothing counts so much as family, the rest are just strangers. (as Nicholas Earpp in Wyatt Earp, 1994)”
“We must remain in love and develop in love; that must be the compelling force in our lives. It is possible to love everyone. When you sense you lack love, you must quite simply pray.”
“A judgment is the mental act by which one thing is affirmed or denied of another.”

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