Karl Barth Quote – The Beginning Of An Uprising
“To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.” – Karl Barth
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William James Quote – Afraid To Be Poor
“We have grown literally afraid to be poor. We despise anyone who elects to be poor in order to simplify and save his inner life. If he does not join the general scramble and pant with the moneymaking street, we deem him spiritless and lacking in ambition. We have lost the power even of imagining what the ancient idealization of […]
Read moreWilliam Shakespeare Quote – Expectation is the root of all heartache
“Expectation is the root of all heartache.” – William Shakespeare
Read moreOscar Wilde Quote – Man Makes His End For Himself
“Man makes his end for himself out of himself; no end is imposed by external considerations.” – Oscar Wilde
Read moreEverything’s okay in the end
“Everything’s okay in the end. If it’s not okay, then it’s not the end.”
Read moreRalph Waldo Emerson Quote – Go Where There Is No Path
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Read moreBob Shacochis Quote – Sin
“I’ve always considered it a type of sin against the vast and wondrous panorama of life to make your world small, shrink-fitted to convenience, immunized against change and unfamiliarity.” – Bob Shacochis
Read moreT.S. Eliot Quote – How Far One Can Go
“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot
Read moreDawna Markova Quote – Risk My Significance
“I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance; to live so […]
Read morePaul Auster Quote – A Place Beyond Our Understanding
“Our lives don’t really belong to us, you see — they belong to the world, and in spite of our efforts to make sense of it, the world is a place beyond our understanding.” – Paul Auster
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