"The simple act of helping someoneâ€”with no desire (or possibility) of repayment is good for us and our self-image, and it may positively change the life or outlook of the receiver for the day!"

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Source : Kevin Eikenberry (2005). “Vantage Points on Learning and Life”, p.11, Dog Ear Publishing

Kevin Eikenberry

#Simple Quotes #Self Quotes #Desire Quotes

“Perhaps if there is anything remotely interesting about my writing style, it is this: more often than not I have no idea what the story is going to be about. Sometimes I have a fuzzy vision, or a glimpse of one scene, or a character. But mostly all I have is a random first sentence, and I follow it to see where it might go. For me, writing is the process of discovery, of gradually figuring out what happens in the story and how it ends, that makes writing an interesting process for me.”
“Free will is located in or near the anterior cingulate sulcus.”

Source : Francis Crick (1994). “The astonishing hypothesis: the scientific search for the soul”
“The beauty of balance is that I can do it all and not feel bad about my choices, because every moment is an opportunity to start all over again”
“I think it's better that life is kind of like a mystery, I think that's what drives us.”
“The faith engaged with Platonism in the ancient world, with Aristotle in the medieval world, with nominalism in the Reformation era, and with rationalism in the modern world. Now the church must engage with the emergence of a postmodern, post- Christian, neo-pagan world.”
“Nothing in our society-with the exception of violence and fear-has been more effective in keeping women in their place than the degradation of the menstrual cycle.”
“Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I'm paid to tell elaborate lies.”
“My reason for becoming a vegetarian was simple: I loved (and love) animals”

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