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“...happiness isn't to be pursued, it is to be enjoyed. Like life.”
― Bird Droppings
― Bird Droppings
“Reprimands will not bring the waves into line. Anger will not alter the wind. Sadness will not bring back the Gulf Stream. The greatest freedom allotted to any human being is the freedom to choose one's attitude. Whatever the weather, it is my weather, and I must do my best to enjoy it.”
― A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean
― A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean
“read and inquire as a free adult is to take on the awesome responsibility of allowing oneself to be changed.”
― Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
― Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
“The more we come to depend on the images offered to us by those who try to distract us, entertain us, use us for their purposes, and make us conform to the demands of a consumer society, the easier it is for us to lose our identity.”
― The Spiritual Life: Eight Essential Titles by Henri Nouwen
― The Spiritual Life: Eight Essential Titles by Henri Nouwen
“Why am I supposed to be afraid of the dark? People die from hunger, from cold, from injury and illness, but what peril is there in the sun going down? It is an interior darkness, the darkness of mind, that is deadly, not the dark of night.”
― A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean
― A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean
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