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Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty. ↗

— Louis D. Brandeis

#courage #end #happiness #independence #liberty

I'm sure we'll be Tweetin' up the Twitosphere as we travel around the world playing music. ↗

— Brandon Boyd

#i #music #playing #sure #travel

Also, I walk and hike in several different nearby parks near our home several early mornings a week. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

#different #early #early mornings #hike #home

But generally I am fine with a capital F; probably in extraordinary shape for a man of my age. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

#am #capital #extraordinary #fine #generally

By my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

#consciously #definition #deliberate #god #hanging

We know that attention acts as a lightning rod. Merely by concentrating on something one causes endless analogies to collect around it, even penetrate the boundaries of the subject itself: an experience that we call coincidence, serendipity – the terminology is extensive. My experience has been that in these circular travels what is really significant surrounds a central absence, an absence that, paradoxically, is the text being written or to be written. ↗

— Julio Cortázar

#coincidence #concentration #writing #experience

However one might pray - in any verbal way or completely without words - is unimportant to God. What matters is the heart's intent. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

#completely #god #heart #however #intent

I find Jesus my confidant and companion, brother and savior; our relationship is intimate, vulnerable, demanding yet comfortable and reassuring. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

#comfortable #companion #confidant #demanding #find

Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#habit #mind #moderation #nature #reason

Speaking for myself, my very integrity as a human being needs to include my freedom to explore who I am both spiritually and sexually. Not just to explore - but to practice. ↗

— Malcolm Boyd

#being #both #explore #freedom #human