"To sit patiently with a yearning that has not yet been fulfilled, and to trust that, that fulfillment will come, is quite possibly one of the most powerful "magic skills" that human beings are capable of. It has been noted by almost every ancient wisdom tradition"

-- Elizabeth Gilbert

#Faith Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Skills Quotes

“In addition, each barrel of oil we save through conservation further decreases our dangerous reliance on unstable Middle East oil.”
“Persistence is self-discipline in action.”
“I believe that when people try to live their life at the fullest, there's a certain laughter that comes out of it. The more they try to live their life seriously, the funnier it is. It happens all the time in our real life.”
“My real achievement is my daughter and my three beautiful grandchildren.”
“Nothing in the world is as mobile as capital. It can move anywhere in the world instantaneously.”
“What makes a good book? Scholars and critics have been debating that question for decades. I like books that touch my head and my heart at the same time.”
“Things always seem less dire when you're in the country than when you're outside. I don't exactly know why it is, except that people just have to get on with their life, so they do. And you don't have time to do anything other than keep going.”
“You are nobody, and I might have been somebody, and the road to each of us is love.”

Source : John Fante (2014). “The Bandini Quartet: Wait Until Spring, Bandini: The Road to Los Angeles: Ask the Dust: Dreams from Bunker Hill”, p.500, Canongate Books

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