"I was raised a Christian but have looked at other religions, some of the Eastern things. I was into Taoism for a while and Confucianism. Just different approaches and some have really stayed with me."

-- Rick Springfield

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“The strongest presence is so often an absence.”

Source : Steve Rasnic Tem (2012). “Deadfall Hotel”, p.57, Solaris
“When I'm out in the ocean and I watch a seabird, I think, "Oh, I probably I know what that seabird is doing" - and I don't study seabirds. And the same for the turtles and on and on. But with the whales, a lot of the time, I have no idea what they're doing, and they're the ones I study.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Come knit hands, and beat the ground in a light fantastic round”
“Beware of those who have never been bored, depressed, or angry. There is something seriously wrong with them.”

Source : Jessica Zafra (1997). “Chicken pox for the soul”
“In a healthy individual, a broken bone that has healed properly is strongest where it was once broken. You have not lost any life, Henry told himself. You will still get your fair share of years. Yet the quality of his life changed. Once you've been struck by violence, you acquire companions that never leave you entirely: Suspicion, Fear, Anxiety, Despair, Joylessness. The natural smile is taken from you and the natural pleasures you once enjoyed lose their appeal.”
“Islam lays great emphasis on the social side of things. Every day, the rich and the poor, the great and the small living in a locality are brought five times in a day in the mosque in the terms of perfect equality of mankind and thereby the foundation of a healthy social relationship is laid and established through prayer. At the end of Ramazan comes the new moon, the crescent as a signal for a mass gathering on the 'Id day again in perfect equality of mankind which effects the entire Muslim world.”
“Even the one moment that you thought was your eternity fades out and is forgotten and dies.”
“In the end, there will always be a fundamental difference of perspective between New Zealand and Australia on defense, whoever is in government.”

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