"There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere... There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid toward your goals..."

-- Ben Stein

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“life is meaningless unless you bring meaning to it; ... it is up to us to create our own existence. Unless you do something, unless you make something it's as though you aren't there.”

Source : Commencement Speech at Connecticut College, www.graduationwisdom.com. 1980.
“Faith, like sight is nothing apart from God. You might as well shut your eyes and look inside, and see whether you have sight as to look inside to discover whether you have faith.”
“We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics... but instead there is a terrible resurgence. These are ugly signs for freedom of expression.”
“Deanell Tacha and I decided to write an editorial, because both of us have had experiences in countries where the rule of law is not strong. Uh, where there is civil war. Where there is disorder. And, it, it seemed to us important to underscore that this is a treasure, our rule of law, our judiciary independent from politics, and it's in jeopardy.”
“The greatest feeling you can get in a gym or the most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is the pump. It feels fantastic. It's as satisfying to me as ***** is, you know, as in having sex with a woman and cumming. So can you believe how much I am in heaven? I am like getting the feeling of ***** in the gym; I'm getting the feeling of ***** at home; I'm getting the feeling of ***** backstage; when I pump up, when I pose out in front of 5000 people I get the same feeling, so I am ***** day and night. It's terrific, right? So you know, I am in heaven.”

Source : "Pumping Iron". Documentary, www.imdb.com. January 18, 1977.
“I'm a dad, and that's really important to me, and I realize now that I'm a dad that it's a major part of my identity.”
“The stars shine as they always do. Same stars. Same sky. Only I am different.”
“I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible; to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance, to live so that which came to me as seed goes to the next as blossom, and that which came to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.”

Source : Dawna Markova (1996). “The Open Mind: Exploring the 6 Patterns of Natural Intelligence”, p.187, Conari Press

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