Congressman Furlong Quotes & Sayings

I sacrificed my anonymity for my father, whereas he sacrificed me for his fame. — Jeff Buckley

The primary purpose of meditation is to become conscious of, and familiar with, our inner life. The ultimate purpose is to reach the source of life and consciousness. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

If you want to go to a far and difficult place, firstly send your mind to that far place, then your mind will meet with your body over there! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The genius of Christian spirituality is to integrate [the] spirit of possession with the spirit of dispossession. The spirit of dispossession implies that all the good and delightful things of this world are never allowed to own, possess, or shackle me. Dispossession implies that I am always free, my own person, liberated from the tyranny that possession can easily exercise over us. — John Powell

I remember the first time I put on the Army uniform. I just felt like a totally different person - I felt proud. — Jessica Lynch

The philosopher Schopenhauer said, 'Opposites throw light upon each other.' Beauty does not belong exclusively to the regions of light and loveliness, cut off from the conversation of oppositions. The vigour and vitality of beauty derives precisely from the heart of difference. No life is one-sided; the life of each of us is animated by the inner conversation of forces which counter and complement each other. Beauty inhabits the cutting edge of creativity
mediating between the known and unknown, light and darkness, masculine and feminine, visible and invisible, chaos and meaning, sound and silence, self and others. — John O'Donohue

They stared at each other and then, at last, Kai closed his eyes and nodded his head, just once. The estates would always win. — Diana Peterfreund

I've been thinking about it, since you said it," said Seivarden. No, said Mercy of Kalr. "And I've concluded that I don't want to be a captain. But I find I like the thought that I could be. — Ann Leckie

Political utopianism1 is tyranny disguised as a desirable, workable, and even paradisiacal governing ideology. — Mark R. Levin

Great teachers are wonderful. They change lives. We need them. The problem is that most schools don't like great teachers. They're organized to stamp them out, bore them, bureaucratize them, and make them average. Why — Seth Godin

The universe is but one vast Symbol of God. — Thomas Carlyle

The definitions of the Church are the rules of true faith. — Alphonsus Liguori

I think I'm an observer in a way. And my life was not so - well, my life was bad too - but it's just that I had the sense to cope with it. But it's probably not that easy to cope if you're in a society where you get killed when your husband dies. — Yoko Ono

Beware of being only a writer. — Miranda Paul