"It is only when we can believe that we are creating the soul that life has any meaning, but when we can believe it - and I do and always have - then there is nothing we do that is without meaning and nothing that we suffer that does not hold the seed of creation in it."

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Source : May Sarton, Edith Royce Schade (1994). “From May Sarton's well: writings of May Sarton”, Papier Mache Pr

May Sarton

#Believe Quotes #Creating Quotes #Soul Quotes

“Remember that every drop of rain that falls bears into the bosom of the earth a quality of beautiful fertility.”
“Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.”
“If you can't find anybody else, then I'll go. So, they couldn't find anybody else. So, I went.”
“To the reactionary ear every whispered criticism of the elite classes has always sounded like the opening shot of an uprising.”

Source : RICHARD HOFSTADTER (1962). “The American Political Tradition And the Men Who Made It”
“If you are a czar or a king or a president or someone that wants to control those below them you do not want people to have a consciousness of life, of their needs. Because people do not make good slaves when they're connected to life... That's why in the public schools the primary objective is obedience to authority.”
“(Roberto) Clemente could field the ball in New York and throw out a guy in Pennsylvania.”
“I've always hated the way I looked.”
“My first show was 'The King and I' when I was five.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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