"Your job is to preserve yourself, not to descend into their hole. It's a relief when you arrive at this place, the point of absurdity, because then you are free, you owe them nothing."

-- Abraham Verghese

#Jobs Quotes #Relief Quotes #Holes Quotes

“No one can be a good Christian who does not with holy zeal set out to know, delight in, and live by the Word of God!”

Source : John R. Rice (2000). “The Bible Garden”, p.86, Sword of the Lord Publishers
“It's easy to listen to what you are taught. But it's difficult to find what you have within yourself and master it as yor own.”
“Love may have the longest arms, but it can still fall short of an embrace.”
“If you fear nothing, then you are not brave. You are merely too foolish to be afraid.”
“I think there is something exhilarating in flying amongst clouds, and always get a feeling of wanting to pit my aeroplane against them, charge at them, climb over them to show them you have them beat, circle round them, and generally play with them; but clouds can on occasion hold their own against the aviator, and many a pilot has found himself emerging from a cloud not on a level keel.”
“Responsibility to yourself means refusing to let others do your thinking, talking, and naming for you; it means learning to respect and use your own brains and instincts; hence, grappling with hard work.”
“The next time your core beliefs are challenged - try being curious instead of furious.”
“You never know what's going to happen the rest of the way. You can't predict. You don't know what Montreal is going to do to us this weekend, and you don't know what the Cubs are going to do to the Cardinals.”

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