“Art is not a mirror but an icon. It takes the chaos in which we live and shows us structure and pattern, not the structure of conformity which imprisons but the structure which liberates, sets us free to become growing, mature human beings.” HumansArtShowsHuman BeingsGrowingArt IsMirrorsStructureChaosPatternsMatureConformityIcons Book:A Circle of Quiet Source: A Circle of Quiet
“Rare is the human being, immature or mature, who has never felt an impulse to pretend he is some one or something else.” HumansFeltHuman BeingsImpulseMatureImmatureBeing ImmatureMature And Immature Author:George P. Baker
“I left the convent and that was because I wasn't a very good nun. I could see that I wasn't going to make it. It's very difficult to be a nun, or to live a religious life. It's very difficult to live a life of total celibacy or a life without any possessions or material responsibilities at all, or in total obedience to somebody else, and remain a mature whole human being, and I knew that I wasn't going to be one of those.” HumansWholeLeftDifficultReligiousHuman BeingsResponsibilityMaterialsVery GoodPossessionObedienceMatureNunCelibacyReligious Life Author:Karen Armstrong