Mordecai Wyatt Johnson Quotes
We're living under the illusion that we have the power to determine what to do with it.
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I've never been a six-foot-tall, skinny model, so therefore, I want to create an illusion. People always think I'm taller than I am - not just because of the shoes I wear but because of the way I dress. It's all relatively streamlined.
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We have to determine our theology from the Word of God, not from what we feel.
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In order to put meaning back into our lives, we should recognize illusions for what they are, and we should reach out and touch the fabric of reality.
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When a man sleeps, he is steeped and lost in a limp toneless happiness: awake he is restless, tortured by his body and the illusion of existence. Why have men spent the centuries seeking to overcome the awakened body? Put it to sleep, that is a better way. Let it serve only to turn the sleeping soul over, to change the blood-stream and thus make possible a deeper and more refined sleep.
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. . . your history is no less important to your survival than your ability to breathe. In the end, you can only determine whether to saturate your memories with pain or with perspective. Forgetting is not an option. I tell you the truth now: Pain was not God's plan for this life. It is a reality, but it is not a part of the plan.
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The quality of your thinking determines the quality of your life.
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Was it possible in any relationship to not disappoint, to do anything more than only briefly rekindle the initial fatal illusion?
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Sanity is an illusion caused by alcohol deficiency.
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My illusion is to have something to transmit. If I can't change the world, at least I want to change the way people look at it.
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God determines how fast you're going to run; I can help only with the mechanics.
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It is your thoughts and your thoughts alone that determine what's possible for you now.
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No matter what is happening in the world of appearances, beyond the veil of illusion there is love and only Love.
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If a fox is unable to befriend a tiger, then the fox should create an illusion of close association with the tiger by carefully trailing behind the cat while boasting of the deep friendship they share. In this way, he creates an impression that his well being is of great concern to the tiger.
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As a playwright, you can cover a lot of waterfront without being able to hold your own against an expert in any of those areas. I have no illusions about that.
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If freedom is a requisite for human happiness, then all that’s necessary is to provide the illusion of freedom.
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I’ve learned that fear is simply an illusion based on past experiences that we project into the present and onto the future.
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Our actions determine our dispositions.
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I am convinced that those who get themselves involved in the machinery of power politics, even for the purpose of destroying it, are bound to fail in their purpose. To destroy it we have to stay out of it. If we want to cut down a tree, it is of no use to climb into its branches. The desire to keep contact with something, even to destroy it, is a subtle and insidious illusion.
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Don't be afraid of anyone. Imagine your life if you're not afraid of anyone.
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The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.
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There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things.
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We're living under the illusion that we have the power to determine what to do with it.
