Focolares Quotes & Sayings

I grew up in such a macho family. I had a former Green Beret for a dad, a mom who's really rough-and-tumble, and three very macho brothers. — Hilarie Burton

Thoughts naturally arise. The point of meditation is not to banish thoughts but to make peace with them by realizing their lack of substance. — Dan Millman

The amount of time needed to change reality is relative to the capability of the individual to accept such change. — Daniel Marques

The college that takes students with modest entering abilities and improves their abilities substantially contributes more than the school that takes very bright students and helps them develop only modestly. — Derek Bok

Keep in mind that life produces no maestros, only students of varying shades of ineptitude. — Bette Greene

I'm a firm believer in learning by heart. — Seamus Heaney

I moved to Kentish Town from Chelsea in 1983, partly because I had a lot of friends already living in the area and because it took an hour off the journey to my house in Suffolk. It has a villagey feel, and it's still a very mixed community, which I like. — Diana Quick

You may look upon some providences once and again, and see little or nothing in them, but look "seven times," that is, meditate often upon them, and you will see their increasing glory, like that increasing cloud (1 Kings 18:44). — John Flavel

Every new morning, I write a grateful gratitude for the new grace. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Whenever you have a photo shoot or something like that, it's like-you just feel dumb. It's just so stupid. — Johnny Depp

So, make a real effort to avoid getting sucked into all the expensive lifestyle habits of typical Americans. Because if you do that, then people with the money will dictate what you do with your life. — Richard Stallman

Thoughts are slow and deep and golden in the morning. — John Steinbeck

Be truthful, one would say, and the result is bound to be amazingly interesting. — Virginia Woolf