"Which is why we have spouses and children and parents and colleagues and friends, because someone has to know us better than we know ourselves. We need them to tell us. We need them to say, "I know you, Al. You are not the kind of man who."

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Source : FaceBook post by Richard Russo from Feb 21, 2013

Richard Russo

#Children Quotes #Men Quotes #Parent Quotes

“I sometimes find the surface interesting. To say that the mark of a good portrait is whether you get them or get the soul - I don't think this is possible all of the time.”
“Knowing that the gospel is true is the essence of a testimony. Consistently being true to the gospel is the essence of conversion.”
“I want to dedicate the rest of my life to spreading the love of Christ. Because God has done so much for me and has given me this platform to speak into millions of lives, I feel it is my duty.”
“You, O money, are the cause of a restless life! Because of you we journey toward a premature death; you provide cruel nourishment for the evils of men; the seed of our cares sprouts from your head.”
“To take the world as one finds it”
“Perception without the word, which is without thought, is one of the strangest phenomena. Then the perception is much more acute, not only with the brain, but also with all the senses. Such perception is not the fragmentary perception of the intellect nor the affair of the emotions. It can be called a total perception, and it is part of meditation.”
“Wake the happy words.”
“I'm more pompous and self-assured and determined that if - you know - if the truth can be told so as to be understood, it will be believed.”

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