"To predispose our mind to welcome the Lord who, as we say in the Creed, one day will come to judge the living and the dead, we must learn to recognize him as present in the events of daily life. Therefore, Advent is, so to speak, an intense training that directs us decisively toward him who already came, who will come, and who comes continuously."

-- Pope John Paul II

#Judging Quotes #Training Quotes #Mind Quotes

“A closed mind is a dying mind.”

Source : George Simon Kaufman, Ring Lardner, Jr., Edna Ferber, John P. Marquand (1984). “George S. Kaufman and His Collaborators: Three Plays”, Olympic Marketing Corporation
“The writing is - I'm free from pain. It's the place where I live; it's where I have control; it's where nobody tells me what to do; it's where my imagination is fecund and I am really at my best. Nothing matters more in the world or in my body or anywhere when I'm writing.”
“Sometimes it would be nice to just have some red wine with dinner, but it's not worth the risk. I have a great life, a great situation. Why would I want to risk self-destructive behaviour?”
“When angels visit earth, the messengers Of God's decree, they come as lightning, wind: Before the throne, they all are living fire.”

Source : Emma Lazarus (2002). “Emma Lazarus: Selected Poems and Other Writings”, p.236, Broadview Press
“Is beauty a reminder of something we once knew, with poetry one of its vehicles? Does it give us a brief vision of that 'rarely glimpsed bright face behind/ the apparency of things'? Here, I suppose, we ought to try the impossible task of defining poetry. No one definition will do. But I must admit to a liking for the words of Thomas Fuller, who said: 'Poetry is a dangerous honey. I advise thee only to taste it with the Tip of thy finger and not to live upon it. If thou do'st, it will disorder thy Head and give thee dangerous Vertigos.”
“You are always damned by things that you do well as an actor.”
“She's a surprise this old earth, one big surprise after another since before she separated from the moon who circles and circles like the mate of a shot goose.”

Source : Peter Heller (2012). “The Dog Stars”, p.4, Vintage
“I brings the ruckus to the ladies.”

Source : "Fictional character: Leon Black". TV Series "Curb Your Enthusiasm" ("The Anonymous Donor", 2007), www.imdb.com. (2000–).

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