Every culture, if its natural development is not too much affected by political restrictions, experiences a perpetual renewal of the formative urge,… — Rudolf Rocker Copy Share Image
Fasting is not bodily hunger but bodily elevation and purity. It is not a body that hungers and longs for food, but… — Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria Copy Share Image
Democracy is not about trust; it is about distrust. It is about accountability, exposure, open debate, critical challenge, and popular input and… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Set aside all involvements and let the myriad things rest. Zazen is not thinking of good, not thinking of bad. It is… — Dogen Copy Share Image
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Let me go: take back thy gift: Why should a man desire in any way To vary from the kindly race of… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
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I have found that the people in South Africa are fabulous. Thy are receptive and value fulfilling their lives. They are highly… — John Frederick Demartini Copy Share Image
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Some good leaders are rough around the edges and some leaders are difficult. Some have difficult personalities and some are really nice… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
God wants us to relieve suffering, pursue justice, facilitate reconciliation, and free the heart to love, but He desires for us to… — Dan B. Allender Copy Share Image
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My third maxim was to try always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and to change my desires rather than the order… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
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[God desires] not that He may say to them, "Look how mighty I am, and go down upon your knees and worship,"… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
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The person who is free of sexuality, whose sexuality has become a transformed phenomenon, is also free of money, is also free… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
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We have this desire for everything to be explained to us. But if you go through your daily actions, very little ends… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
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Christianity in the West, opens up a perspective of depth into what it means to be a self. And that depth of… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
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In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But society had changed, and they no longer felt that… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
We are all filled with a longing for the wild. There are few culturally sanctioned antidotes for this yearning. We were taught… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
God is infinite and without end, but the soul's desire is an abyss which cannot be filled except by a Good which… — Johannes Tauler Copy Share Image
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