DeBarra Mayo quotes

“Inside each of us dwells a more-perfect self waiting to unfold. It cries loudly for release, yet it is sometimes ignored. To answer its call, you must take time to listen.”
-- DeBarra Mayo

Source : DeBarra Mayo (1983). “Yoga”, Anderson World

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“To maintain good health requires good nutrition and a healthy dose of exercise.”
-- DeBarra Mayo

Source : Erie Times, SportsWeek, March 3, 1986.

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“The shape and texture of fruit is sensuous and fascinating, but the true delight blossoms when you experience the flavor of these colorful gifts of nature.”
-- DeBarra Mayo

Source : "Juicy, Sensuous, Tasty...and Healthy". Bikini Body Fitness by DeBarra Mayo, m.ujena.com, December 22, 2006.

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“We must surrender ourselves so utterly that we can never own ourselves again. We must hand over self and all its rights in an eternal covenant, and give God the absolute right to own us, control us and possess us forever.”

“Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed.”

Source : A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr

“Birth is a shadow. Courage, self-sustained, outlords succession's phlegm, and needs no ancestors.”

“The guys who stick around are the smartest guys and the guys who are the most self-driven. You have to have drive. The coaches can only take you so far. You have to want to learn and work.”

“Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.”

“I love the voice - it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.”

“How can we say nobody's perfect if there is no perfect to compare to? Perfection implies that there really is a right and wrong way to be. And what type of perfection is the best type? Moral perfection? Aesthetic? Physiological? Mental?”

“No human is perfect; we all have our hidden sins. Hypocrisy is to delude yourself into denying your own sins and allow arrogance to grow within you.”

“Wait, so @ToysRUs pulled all of the Breaking Bad figures from their shelves and still sells Barbie? Hmmmm...I wonder what is more damaging?”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 23, 2014

“Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.”