"The fact that men have a same origin and live in the same universe means that they are representatives of a same unity. Deep down, they are also related (or connected) among them; that they consider (or not) themselves as strangers, this just depends on the feeling (or sensation) that dictate their relationships. In their country, two fellow coutrymen whose paths berely cross (or see each only only briefly) with inferrence, would effusively rush themselves up (or throw themselves) into each other arms if they would happen to meet in a desert, among Cannibles."

Source : "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 42), 1937.

African Spir

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“Envy is a sign of insecurity, yes; but so is longing to be envied.”
“Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom.”
“Now that rock is turning 50, it's become classical in itself. It's interesting to see that development.”
“When I was little, I think that I wanted Superman to be my boyfriend.”

Source : "Pauley Perrette Talks Superman Vs. the Elite". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. June 07, 2012.
“There's nothing frightening in the dark if you just face it”
“Man Ray takes a lot of pressure off me. It's like having a third person in a conversation; one of you doesn't have to talk all the time.”

Source : Lisa Lyons, William Wegman, Kim Levin, Walker Art Center (1982). “Wegman's world: 5 December 1982 to 16 January 1983, Walker Art Center”
“Ultimately our claim to know the one God only gains credence in the contemporary world as he demonstrates the divine presence through the way we live- through our lives as we connect our Christian belief with true Christian living.”

Source : Stanley J. Grenz, Jay T. Smith (2015). “Created for Community: Connecting Christian Belief with Christian Living”, p.33, Baker Academic
“Money... is like a beautiful thoroughbred horse - very powerful & always in action, but unless this horse is trained when very young, it will be an out-of-control & dangerous animal when it grows to maturity.”

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