“The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.” FirstsDreamRealizingRaceSocietyWinner Book:Barbara Bush: A Memoir Source: Barbara Bush: A Memoir
“One of the advantages of being born in an affluent society is that if one has any intelligence at all, one will realize that having more and more won't solve the problem, and happiness does not lie in possessions, or even relationships: The answer lies within ourselves. If we can't find peace and happiness there, it's not going to come from the outside.” IfsDoeProblemLyingRealizingBornAnswersSocietyAdvantageSimplicityPossessionSolveInner PeaceMinimalismFinding PeacePeace And HappinessAffluent Author:Tenzin Palmo
“It was chilling to realize that the sentimental qualities most valued between people, like loyalty, constancy, and affection, are the ones most likely to impede change.” PeopleRealizingQualitySocietyAffectionLoyaltySentimentalChillConstancy Author:Ted Simon
“Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action.” MenPersonsActionIndividualRealizingCommonSocietyStrengthWeakAdrift Author:Dorothy Day
“The more we study the early Church, the more we realize that it was a society of ministers. About the only similarity between the Church at Corinth and a contemporary congregation, either Roman Catholic or Protestant, is that both are marked, to a great degree, by the presence of sinners.” RealizingChurchStudySocietyDegreesCatholicContemporaryMinistersSinnerSimilarityProtestantsCongregationRoman Catholic Author:D. Elton Trueblood
“Adults who still derive childlike pleasure from hanging gifts of a ready-made education on the Christmas tree of a child waiting outside the door to life do not realize how unreceptive they are making the children to everything that constitutes the true surprise of life.” ChildrenMadeStillsWaitingRealizingPleasureEducationDoorsTreeSocietyReadyAdultsSurpriseChildlikeChristmas Tree Author:Karl Kraus