Helping Quote by Norman Maclean

“A mystery of the universe is how it has managed to survive with so much volunteer help.”

Norman Maclean

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At the time I did not know that stories of life are often more like rivers than books.

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“I hope there are others also who don't mind trees.”

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Probably most catastrophes end this way without an ending, the dead not even knowing how they died...,those who loved them forever questioning "this unnecessary…

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I knew that, when needed, mountains would move for me.

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“I sat there and forgot and forgot, until what remained was the river that went by and I who watched... Eventually the watcher joined…

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It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us.

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Unless we are willing to escape into sentimentality or fantasy, often the best we can do with catastrophes, even our own, is to find…

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As for my father, I never knew whether he believed God was a mathematician but he certainly believed God could count and that only…

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At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.

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“On the Big Blackfoot River above the mouth of Belmont Creek the banks are fringed by large Ponderosa pines. In the slanting sun of…

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The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God.

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“We will all, at some point in our lives, fall. Every single one of us. We shouldn't spend our time trying to avoid falling.…

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Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things.

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Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.

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Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedy, people can become discouraged and cynical. But lives can also be mended. Put back together well, they won't…

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