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Marilyn Diamond
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“To live happily ever after, you have to have been living lovingly before.”
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“The chances of satisfying my renewed appetite for literary exchanges increased once I began to visit the library more frequently and make my way from the hotel to City Lights Bookstore at 261 Columbus Avenue. For all I was learning about the role its founder, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, had played in helping to nurture, promote, and sustain the talented souls who made the Beat Movement possible, City Lights became a kind of sacred space for me.”
― Greeting Flannery O'Connor at the Back Door of My Mind
― Greeting Flannery O'Connor at the Back Door of My Mind
“The world needs your mind, the cosmos need your heart, and the universe needs your soul.”
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“We pray because our own solutions don’t work and because prayer deploys, activates, and fortifies us against the attacks of the enemy. We pray because we’re serious about taking back the ground he has sought to take from us.”
― Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific, and Strategic Prayer
― Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific, and Strategic Prayer
“Before you are a champion you are an amateur.
Before you are a general you are a warrior.
Before you are a politician you are a constituent.
Before you are a president you are a citizen.
Before you are a pastor you are a parishioner.
Before you are a pope you are a priest.
Before you are a teacher you are a student.
Before you are a guru you are a disciple.
Before you are an inventor you are a scientist.
Before you are a judge you are a lawyer.
Before you are a maestro you are an apprentice.
Before you are a coach you are an athlete.
Before you are a genius you are a talent.
A humble amateur is better than a proud champion.
A humble warrior is better than a proud general.
A humble constituent is better than a proud politician.
A humble citizen is better than a proud president.
A humble parishioner is better than a proud pastor.
A humble priest is better than a proud pope.
A humble student is better than a proud teacher.
A humble disciple is better than a proud guru.
A humble scientist is better than a proud inventor.
A humble lawyer is better than a proud judge.
A humble apprentice is better than a proud expert.
A humble athlete is better than a proud coach.
A humble talent is better than a proud genius.”
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Before you are a general you are a warrior.
Before you are a politician you are a constituent.
Before you are a president you are a citizen.
Before you are a pastor you are a parishioner.
Before you are a pope you are a priest.
Before you are a teacher you are a student.
Before you are a guru you are a disciple.
Before you are an inventor you are a scientist.
Before you are a judge you are a lawyer.
Before you are a maestro you are an apprentice.
Before you are a coach you are an athlete.
Before you are a genius you are a talent.
A humble amateur is better than a proud champion.
A humble warrior is better than a proud general.
A humble constituent is better than a proud politician.
A humble citizen is better than a proud president.
A humble parishioner is better than a proud pastor.
A humble priest is better than a proud pope.
A humble student is better than a proud teacher.
A humble disciple is better than a proud guru.
A humble scientist is better than a proud inventor.
A humble lawyer is better than a proud judge.
A humble apprentice is better than a proud expert.
A humble athlete is better than a proud coach.
A humble talent is better than a proud genius.”
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