Mother Teresa (Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) Quotes
We are called to be contemplatives. ..by seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, everywhere, all the time.
Quotes to Explore
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Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are all in different ways seeking to drag him out of that peripheral position, back to center stage.
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Not only am I constantly seeking better performance but also to be a better person, to be respected.
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It's a great thriller or mystery, but on another level it's a film about the fact that, if you only look at a person through one lens, or only believe what you're told, you can often miss the truth that is staring you in the face.
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I've found that doing interviews forces you to face yourself; I'm constantly having to search within myself, to see why I do certain things.
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& I'm all up all up all up in the bank with the funny face
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I feel like there's a lot of rappers that could out-rap me and I wouldn't want to face any of them.
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If there is one thing in mathematics that fascinates me more than anything else (and doubtless always has), it is neither "number" nor "size", but always form. And among the thousand-and-one faces whereby form chooses to reveal itself to us, the one that fascinates me more than any other and continues to fascinate me, is the structure hidden in mathematical things.
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I know of no higher fortitude than stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds.
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The dizziness in the face of les espaces infinis--only overcome if we dare to gaze into them without any protection. And accept them as the reality before which we must justify our existence. For this is the truth we must reach to live, that everything is and we just in it.
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God blessed us, ... It rained but we're still out here. This is what life is about. I'm glad I could get out here to put some smiles on these kids' faces.
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I wanted to be a psychologist. You know, I thought that's what I'd be doing and it just goes to show you that, if you tell God your plans, He will laugh in your face.
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You must ingratiate yourself with those who can help you. Flatter them to their faces. Praise them to others who will carry your words back to them.
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I haven't ever had any ambition in my life. I just drift from day to day with a stupid grin on my face.
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We go forth all to seek America. And in the seeking we create her. In the quality of our search shall be the nature of the America that we created.
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It's not a face, but a personal insult.
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It's easier for the former masters to put aside the masks that hid their humanity than for the former slaves to recognise the faces underneath. Or to trust that this is not a new mask these are wearing.
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Pure, spiritual, intellectual love shot form their faces like barbedlightning. It was so unlike the love we experience that its expressioncould easily be mistaken for ferocity.
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Tom's great yellow bronze mask all draped upon an iron framework. An inhibited, nerve-drawn; dropped face - as if hung on a scaffold of heavy private brooding; and thought.
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In thy face I see the map of honour, truth and loyalty.
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We see it on the news all the time and wanted to see what it's all about.
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It is with art as with love: How can a man of the world,with all his distractions, keep the inwardness which an artist must possess if he hopes to attain perfection? That inwardness which the spectator must share if he is to understand the work as the artist wishes and hopes... Believe me, talents are like virtues; either you must love them for their own sake or renounce them altogether. And they are only recognized and rewarded when we have practised them in secret, like a dangerous mystery."
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I had a great time at Oxford, got a wonderful, wonderful education there.
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We are called to be contemplatives. ..by seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, everywhere, all the time.
