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“Be alert and present and see that your identity is not from your past story; who you truly are is the alert presence that is inseparable from the present moment. You are this, which has no name and no form.”
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“True courage scorns to vent her prowess in a storm of words; and to the valiant action speaks alone.”
Source : Tobias Smollett, John Moore (1872). “The Works of Tobias Smollett, M. D. With Memoirs of His Life: to which is Prefixed A View of the Commencement and Progress of Romance”, p.189
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“I'm gonna find someone someday who might actually treat me well”
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“The secret is to just keep moving.”
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“I grew up around a lot of aggressive guys. My parents used to take me to AA meetings when I was very young. So I know aggression, I know insanity.”
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“We must refine our evangelization efforts, catechesis, and social-justice teaching to ensure that our people fully understand that religious formation and principles can never be disassociated from any aspect of our daily lives, including our political choices.”
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“I've rarely kept my distance from kind of - I don't know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, 'Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.'”
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“prayer is a law of the universe, like gravity. You don't even have to believe in God to ask ...”
Source : Sophy Burnham (2002). “The Path of Prayer: Reflections on Prayer and True Stories of How It Affects Our Lives”, Viking Adult
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“Vice: Whatever was passion in the contemplation of man, being brought forth by his will into action.”
Source : James Harrington (1737). “The Oceana and Other Works”, p.42
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“Ask yourself: What forms the decisions you make? What is it that gnaws at you? What are your crucible moments?”
