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Some of my favorite quotes #8

Posted by keith maginn on April 3, 2014
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“I have been all things unholy; if God can work through me, he can work through anyone.”

–St. Francis of Assisi

“The time of greatest gain in terms of wisdom and inner strength is often that of greatest difficulty.”

–The Dalai Lama, Ethics for the New Millennium

“Instead of worrying about what people think about you, concentrate on what you think about you. That’s important.”

–from the film Conversations with God

“To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only real obligation.”

–Paulo Coelho

“Compassion is something I have a lot of, because I’ve been through a lot of pain in my life. Anybody who has suffered a lot of pain has a lot of compassion.”

–Johnny Cash

Some of my favorite quotes #6

Posted by keith maginn on March 14, 2014
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“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”

          –ancient Zen proverb

“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.”

          –Thomas A. Edison

“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.”

          –St. Catherine of Siena

“If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.”

          –Pema Chodron

“There’s unconditional love there. You hear that phrase a lot but it’s real with me and her [June Carter]. She loves me in spite of everything, in spite of myself. She has saved my life more than once. She’s always been there with her love, and it has certainly made me forget the pain for a long time, many times. When it gets dark and everybody’s gone home and the lights are turned off, it’s just me and her.”

          –Johnny Cash

Some of my favorite quotes #5

Posted by keith maginn on February 27, 2014
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“One thing I learned is that the mind, rather than being the master, should be the servant of the heart.”

          –Willie Nelson, The Tao of Willie

“Stop telling God how big your problems are and start telling your problems how big your God is.”

          –Rev Run

“The best way out is always through.”

          –Robert Frost

“I think joy and sweetness and affection are a spiritual path. We’re here to know God, to love and serve God, and to be blown away by the beauty and miracle of nature. You just have to get rid of so much baggage to be light enough to dance, to sing, to play. You don’t have time to carry grudges; you don’t have time to cling to the need to be right.”

          –Anne Lamott

“You’ve got a song you’re singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their gut. And you’ve got to make them think that you’re one of them sitting out there with them too. They’ve got to be able to relate to what you’re doing.”

          –Johnny Cash