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If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth. ↗

— Morris West

#divine #function #god #his #image

Well I travelled quite a lot in the east, and one of the things that impressed me greatly was the buddhist notion of the continuity of things, the wheel of life which is what we're talking about, the ever turning wheel. ↗

— Morris West

#buddhist #continuity #east #ever #greatly

Because of my tremendous respect for Bob Barker and for the show's high standards of professionalism I consider this a tremendous honor that few announcers have ever been treated to. Both Rod's and Johnny's shoes are huge; I can't think about filling them. ↗

— Randy West

#announcers #barker #because #been #bob

But day in and day out, the most stimulating part of the work is being a member of a team of so many very bright, articulate and talented professionals. ↗

— Randy West

#being #bright #day #many #member

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears. ↗

— Rebecca West

#go #like #many #men #nations

From my window I watched the full moon—a moon that reminded me of Brett—become shadowed, little by little until there was only a deep blackness in the woods at night. I would sit there wakeful, hour after hour, and wonder if this aching around my heart, this sense of being alone, forlorn and unwanted in a world where there was gayety and love for others of my age, was going to continue for all of my days. ↗

— Irene Hunt

#growing-up #lovesick #sadness #thoughts #age

It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route. ↗

— Randy West

#came #exact #people #route #same

Great music is in a sense serene; it is certain of the values it asserts. ↗

— Rebecca West

#certain #great #great music #music #sense

Books don't exist unless you read them. And it's a two way process - you write the book as you read it and you fill in the gaps. You discover it and you put the marks together and without you doing it they're just marks. ↗

— Samuel West

#books #discover #doing #exist #fill

It is not enough if you just live life as it comes to you like a floating leaf in a pond. Make use of the powers bestowed in you and soar like an eagle. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#mind-body-spirit #mind-power #money #motivational #new-age