"Whoever wishes to hold the fortress of contemplation must first of all train in the camp of action."

-- Pope Gregory I

#Wish Quotes #Saint Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Too many sit at the banquet table of the gospel of Jesus Christ and merely nibble at the feast placed before them. They go through the motions - attending their meetings perhaps, glancing at scriptures, repeating familiar prayers - but their hearts are far away.”
“I was looked at as weird, odd, not fitting in with the Hollywood crowd.”
“Enough is equal to a feast.”
“I do think - as self-serving as it sounds - that I was the right person, given the very, very strong headwind we had from the economy and our own issues, to come back and rewrite the future of the company.”
“Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now [with climate change], yet we dither.”

Source : "James Hansen: What Makes A Scientist Take A Stand?". Interview with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. April 7, 2017.
“sacrifice' was often a cloak for many actions that did not always stem from the highest motives.”
“What is the purpose of life? I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy.”
“I think there is a choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice.”

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