"I hope our granddaughters and grandsons grow up knowing that they are not and have never been third-party observers of the priesthood. The blessings of the priesthood, which 'are available to men and women alike', are woven in and through and around their lives. Each of them is blessed by sacred ordinances, and each of them can enjoy the blessings of spiritual gifts by virtue of the priesthood."

-- Julie B. Beck

#Spiritual Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #Blessed Quotes

“The death rate among Marines in Iraq has been more than double that of the other services.”
“Free Tibet before free trade.”
“I would agree with that. But when I write lyrics, personally I don't care if the person who is listening to it understands what I'm saying or not; and I write them like that specifically. You know, I have my views; I don't feel the need to have people have the same views as me. So if they find the meaning in the songs and it's the same meaning as the one I intended then fine and dandy and if they don't, they don't.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“I balled my hands into tight fists to keep them from wrapping around Mr. I-Know-Everything's superior neck.”
“I was born to be a leader. I love the fact that millions of people look up to me.”

Source : Erich Fromm (2014). “The Erich Fromm Reader: Readings Selected and Edited by Rainer Funk”, p.74, Open Road Media
“...the way to reform has always led through prison.”
“A bank book makes good reading - better than some novels.”
“A poem is not an expression, nor is it an object. Yet it somewhat partakes of both. What a poem is is never to be known, for which I have learned to be grateful.”

Source : Hayden Carruth (1989). “Tell Me Again how the White Heron Rises and Flies Across the Nacreous River at Twilight Toward the Distant Islands”, p.11, New Directions Publishing

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