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“Our role in life is to bring the light of our own souls to the dim places around us.”

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Joan D. Chittister is an American nun known for her contributions to religious peace, feminism, and ecotheology. Born in 1936, she is an active member of several religious organizations and has authored numerous books on religious life. more

“Sometimes with the most intense pain a paralysis of sensibility occurs. The soul disintegrates--hence the deadly frost--the free power of the mind--the shattering, ceaseless wit of this kind of despair. There is no inclination for anything any more--the person is alone, like a baleful power--as he has no connection with the rest of the world he consumes himself gradually--and in accordance with his own principle he is--misanthropic and misotheos.”

Source: Novalis: Philosophical Writings

“I want to tell you,' the voice on the phone said. 'My head is filled with things to say.' ... 'I don't mind,' Hal said softly. 'I could wait forever.' 'That's what you think,' the voice said. The connection was cut.”

Thinking Want Mind Said Waiting Voice Forever Cutting Connections Filled Phones

Book:Infinite Jest

Source: Infinite Jest

“Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.”

Stills Moving Water Mirrors Martial Arts Mastery Echoes

Book:Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

Source: Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living

“Heath," she whispered, "you're all I want. No one else ... no one . . .”

Want

Book:Love, Come to Me

Source: Love, Come to Me

“It was the living who ignored the strange and wonderful, because life was too full of the boring and mundane.”

Wonderful Strange Boring Ignored Mundane Reaper

Author:Terry Pratchett

“She'd risked everything, and here was the result: the raw, warped core of her life.”

Results Core

Book:A Visit From the Goon Squad

Source: A Visit From the Goon Squad

“Things are as bad as you fear they are. People are as bad as you think they are. The Universe does not care.”

People Thinking Doe Care Universe

Author:Charlie Huston

“You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.”

Use Dream Born Greatness Trust Goodness Ideals Encouragement Wings Potential Bad Ass Crawling Live And Learn Wings To Fly

Author:Rumi

“Once we understand how they think, we can predict their behaviour. And once we predict it well, we can manipulate it. That is diplomacy.”

Thinking Wells Behaviour Diplomacy Manipulate

Author:Charlie Huston

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