Joseph E. B. Lumbard quotes

“The human being is not a fallen being in need of redemption but rather a forgetful being who must be reminded of God and his own nature.”
-- Joseph E. B. Lumbard

Source : Joseph E. B. Lumbard (2009). “Submission, Faith and Beauty: The Religion of Islam”, Fons Vitae

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“Read. As much as you can. As deeply and widely and nourishingly and ­irritatingly as you can. And the good things will make you remember them, so you won't need to take notes.”

Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction" by A.L. Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

“My success is not measured in money. I have no financial security, I have no savings account. I measure my success by asking myself if I’m telling a story that the world needs to hear, if I am educating people.”

“I plead for leniency. I understand that the road to redemption is going to be long for me.”

“Race, redemption and healing - thats my thing.”

“Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.”

“The complete bottom has fallen out of my life.”

“I'd fallen in love with the devil.”

“The environment has fallen to the wayside in politics.”

“He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.”

“You put the picture of the ideal person in your head and then someone comes along and they don't fit that ideal at all. But somehow there is something about them that is so attractive. Everyone that I have fallen for has not fit that ideal at all.”