"St. Seraphim, like Francis of Assisi, talked to animals. One day two nuns saw him deep in conversation with a bear. The bears of the Russian forests are very ferocious, and the two women were terrified. But Seraphim reassured them and showed them that he who is sanctified lives in peace with all creation, just as Adam did before the Fall."

-- Olivier Clement

#Fall Quotes #Animal Quotes #Two Quotes

“Quotas are a perfectly logical, if diabolical, extension of the regulation of private property courtesy of the Civil Rights Act, whereby in an attempt to shape American society in politically pleasing ways, people have been coerced into liking, hiring or renting against their will or better judgment.”
“The cure for all the illness of life is stored in the inner depth of life itself, the access to which becomes possible when we are alone. This solitude is a world in itself, full of wonders and resources unthought of. It is absurdly near; yet so unapproachably distant.”
“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore--While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As if some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door--Only this and nothing more.”
“I back away from negativity - there's too much in this world, and I don't want to be around it.”
“We're looking at ideas to remodel Arrowhead Stadium. It's 30 years old and it's not a good American soccer stadium. We're looking at ways to improve Arrowhead-which is oriented for NFL games--for our spectators.”
“I chose and my world was shaken. So what? The choice may have been mistaken; the choosing was not. You have to move on.”
“I love playing and I like traveling. I really do like playing in Canada, its not to diminish anywhere else because touring internationally can be cool.”

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“I'm an afternoon person.”

Source : "Tampa Bay Times" ("St. Petersburg Times") Newspaper, June 23, 1968.

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