What was once impossible now summons us to dismantle the walls between
ourselves and our sisters and brothers, to dissolve the distinctions
between flesh and spirit, to transcend the present limits of time and
matter, to find, at last, not wealth or power but the ecstasy (so long
forgotten) of commonplace, unconditional being. For the atom's soul is
nothing but energy. Spirit blazes in the dullest of clay. The life of
every woman or man-the heart of it-is pure and holy joy.
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You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.
I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the read more
I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the sky will be different in a few hours, its present perfection and completeness is not deficient, so am I presently perfect and not deficient because I will be different tomorrow. I will grow and I am not deficient.
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of
a neighbor.
The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of
a neighbor.
A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.
A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.
Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.
Self-will so ardent and active that it will break a world to pieces to make a stool to sit on.
In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the
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In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where the
goalposts are.
We are all alike, on the inside.
We are all alike, on the inside.
We're all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of
grace at any given moment.
We're all stumbling towards the light with varying degrees of
grace at any given moment.
