#eli

There is no doubt that solitude is a challenge and to maintain balance within it a precarious business. But I must not forget that, for me, being with people or even with one beloved person for any length of time without solitude is even worse. I lose my center. I feel dispersed, scattered, in pieces. I must have time alone in which to mull over my encounter, and to extract its juice, its essence, to understand what has really happened to me as a consequence of it. ↗

— May Sarton

#lonely-loneliness #solitude #business

You are free; you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other places of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion, caste or creed—that has nothing to do with the business of the State. ↗

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

#creed #jinnah #liberty #political #religion

He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion. ↗

— Jonathan Edwards

#doctrine #religion #theology #business

Every script I've written and every series I've produced have expressed the things I most deeply believe. ↗

— Michael Landon

#deeply #every #expressed #i #most

Think it is just a matter of... well look how long it took Shawn Colvin to reach the level that she has. Believe me, that girl has done everything except stand behind the cash register at Tower and take the money. ↗

— Christine Lavin

#believe #cash #cash register #done #everything

Rich said, "As your get older, feelings are harder to come by." It was so simple and poignant. ↗

— Questlove

#feelings #life #age

She's kind of a walking poem, she's this perfect beauty...but at the same time very deep, very smart. ↗

— Johnny Depp

#beauty #deep #perfect #poem #smart

After Hiram Bingham built the first church on Oahu the student recalls, "When it was completed some of the natives said among themselves, 'That house of worship built by the haoles is a place in which they will pray us all to death. It is meant to kill us. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

#god #humor #religion #death

Jehovah, the great and mighty God of Israel, protects and gives His warriors victory over His enemies, Selah." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#jehovah #r-alan-woods #r-alan-woods

I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it. ↗

— Elizabeth Peters

#humor #women #humor