#ray

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#betray #country #either #electorate #i

Life is about the gray areas. Things are seldom black and white, even when we wish they were and think they should be, and I like exploring this nuanced terrain. ↗

— Emily Giffin

#areas #black #black and white #even #exploring

We are summoned not only to intimacy but to take possession of our very oneness with the Son of God in the inner life of the Trinity in the communication of the very Love of Father and Son, the Most Holy Spirit. This is what centering prayer is about. ↗

— M. Basil Pennington

#communication

Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important. ↗

— Domhnall Gleeson

#also #bad #dangerous #doing #hear

The human race is unimportant. It is the self that must not be betrayed." "I suppose one could say that Hitler didn't betray his self." "You are right. He did not. But millions of Germans did betray their selves. That was the tragedy. Not that one man had the courage to be evil. But that millions had not the courage to be good. ↗

— John Fowles

#hitler #tragedy #war #courage

Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart. ↗

— Ruth Graham

#hide #just #pray #pray for #tender

It is the prayer of my innermost being to realize my supreme identity in the liberated play of consciousness, the Vast Expanse. Now is the moment, Here is the place of Liberation. ↗

— Alex Grey

#consciousness #expanse #here #identity #innermost

If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being. ↗

— Gene Hackman

#any #being #human #human being #look

'Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country. ↗

— Edward Everett Hale

#dr #hale #i #look #pray

Colonel, I do not care to die, but I pray to God I may never leave this field. ↗

— Winfield Scott Hancock

#colonel #die #field #god #i