"Is the Archbishop's blessing any more meaningful than the Politician's handshake? The come, they go, with bigger things than us on their minds."

-- Edward Abbey

#Meaningful Quotes #Blessing Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Ironically, often the thing that keeps me from experiencing joy is my preoccupation with self. The very selfishness that keeps me from pouring myself out for the joy of others also keeps me from noticing and delighting in the myriad small gifts God offers each day. This is why Walker Percy describes boredom as "the self stuffed with the self."”
“O my God, teach me to be generous to serve you as you deserve to be served to give without counting the cost to fight without fear of being wounded to work without seeking rest and to spend myself without expecting any reward but the knowledge that I am doing your holy will. Amen”
“If the voice of the brook was not the first song of celebration, it must have been at least an obbligato for that event.”
“Being that I'm a tropical black man I don't get to see much snow. When I see snow I go crazy. That's why they call me Sasquatch. There's no Sasquatch found in the snow so I had to go back to my Sasquatchian roots.”
“Certainly no one has ever died of an unrequited passionâ€”it's usually the ones that are requited that get people in trouble.”
“Go to the people Live among them Learn from them Love them Serve them Plan with them Start with what they know Build on what they have.”
“To have any kind of a future you've got to give up hope of ever changing your past.”

Source : M.L. Stedman (2012). “The Light Between Oceans: A Novel”, p.396, Simon and Schuster
“In a democracy sovereignity is vested in a majority; and a majority is not only, at best, an ignorant, foolish and emotional mob, but shifts continually and alters from year to year.”

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