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Sunday Inspiration: Running the Opposite Direction
When the whole world is running towards a cliff, —he who is running in the opposite direction appears to have lost his mind.
—C. S. Lewis
Sunday Inspiration: People Who Have Come Alive
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
—Howard Thurman
Sunday Inspiration: Avoiding Wrong Notes
The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be.
—Pete Seeger
Sunday Inspiration: Heroes
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
—Bob Dylan
Sunday Inspiration: God Protect Me
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
—Saint Teresa de Ávila
Sunday Inspiration: Great Teachers
I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
—John Steinbeck
Sunday Inspiration: All the Earth’s Children
Was the earth made to preserve a few covetous, proud men to live at ease; or was it made to preserve all her children?
—Gerrard Winstanley
Sunday Inspiration: The Most Improper Job
The most improper job of any man, even saints, is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.
—J. R. R. Tolkien
Sunday Inspiration: Embrace the Possibilities
You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith, and hope.
—Thomas Merton
Sunday Inspiration: What to Read
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.
—Haruki Murakami
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