Life Quote by Thomas Moore

“It is in the nature of things to be drawn to the very experiences that will spoil our innocence, transform our lives, and give us necessary complexity and depth.” quote by Thomas Moore — Download Open image

““It is in the nature of things to be drawn to the very experiences that will spoil our innocence, transform our lives, and give us necessary complexity and depth.””

Thomas Moore

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“Think of all the males and females of the animal and plant world, all the opposites in every aspect of life. They all need to be “married” in some fashion to promote life. Your marriage participates in this cosmic pattern and has a wealth of meaning that you will never grasp. When you make a sacrifice, you don’t just give…

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All that's bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest; All that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest.

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An enchanted world is one that speaks to the soul, to the mysterious depths of the heart and imagination where we find value, love,…

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“It isn’t comfortable to discover her place and her necessity. And yet what she has to offer is nothing less than the entire deep…

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When Time who steals our years away Shall steal our pleasures too, The mem'ry of the past will stay, And half our joys renew.

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“It's my conviction that slight shifts in imagination have more impact on living than major efforts at change... deep changes in life follow movements…

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We need people in our lives with whom we can be as open as possible. To have real conversations with people may seem like…

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A soulmate is someone to whom we feel profoundly connected, as though the communicating and communing that take place between us were not the…

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“I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garland's dead, And all but he departed!”

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A philosopher being asked what was the first thing necessary to win the love of a woman, answered, Opportunity!

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“Body exercise is incomplete if it focuses exclusively on muscle and is motivated by the ideal of a physique unspoiled by fat.”

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“During the dark night there is no choice but to surrender control, give in to unknowing, and stop and listen to whatever signals of wisdom might come along. It’s a time of enforced retreat and perhaps unwilling withdrawal. The dark night is more than a learning experience; it’s a profound initiation into a realm that nothing in the culture, so…

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