“Space may seem distant, but is an integral part of our daily life. It drives our modern communication and connects even the remotest family to the ordinary. India's space programme is a perfect example of our vision of Scale, Speed and Skill.” MaySeemsSpacePerfectVisionTechnologyModernExampleCommunicationSkillsOrdinaryIndiaSpeedScalesDaily LifeProgrammesInformation TechnologyModern Communication Author:Narendra Modi
“The doctrine (of) maintaining that the language of daily life, with words used in their ordinary meanings, suffices for philosophy . . . I find myself totally unable to accept . . . . Because it makes almost inevitable the perpetuation amongst philosophers of the muddle-headedness they have taken over from common sense.” PhilosophyUsedLanguageCommonAcceptingTakenOrdinaryPhilosopherDoctrineCommon SenseInevitableDaily LifeMaintainingMuddle Author:Bertrand Russell
“And poets, in my view, and I think the view of most people, do speak God's language - it's better, it's finer, it's language on a higher plane than ordinary people speak in their daily lives.” PeopleThinkingSpeakLanguageViewsPoetHigherOrdinaryPlanesDaily LifeOrdinary People Author:Stephen King
“Actors ought to be larger than life. You come across quite enough ordinary, nondescript people in daily life and I don't see why you should be subjected to them on the stage too.” PeopleShouldEnoughActorsActingStageOughtOrdinaryTheatreDaily LifeLarger Than Life Author:Ninon de L'Enclos
“The sacred is in the ordinary...it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's own backyard...travel may be a flight from confronting the scared--this lesson can be easily lost. To be looking elsewhere for miracles is to me a sure sign of ignorance that everything is miraculous.” MayFoundLostIgnoranceLessonsOrdinaryMiracleSacredScaredNeighborFlightDaily LifeElsewhereFamily And FriendsMiraculousBackyardsConfrontingNeighbors Friends Author:Abraham Maslow
“Our duty is found in the revealed will of God in the Scriptures. Our trust must be in the sovereign will of God as He works in the ordinary circumstances of our daily lives for our good and His glory.” FoundDutyCircumstancesGloryOrdinaryScriptureGods WillDaily LifeSovereign Book:Trusting God Study Guide: Even When Life Hurts Source: Trusting God Study Guide: Even When Life Hurts
“The only humility that is really ours is not that which we try to show before God in prayer, but that which we carry with us, and carry out, in our ordinary conduct; the insignficances of daily life are the importances and the tests of eternity, because they prove what really is the spirit that possesses us.” TryingShowsSpiritPrayerHumilityProveOrdinaryTestsEternityImportanceDaily LifeDiscipleship Book:Humility: The Beauty of Holiness Source: Humility: The Beauty of Holiness
“...the great lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's backyard.” InspirationalFaithFoundLessonsOrdinarySacredNeighborDaily LifeFamily And FriendsBackyardsNeighbors Friends Author:Abraham Maslow