“Let there be no illusions. The Communion is broken and fragmented. The Communion will break.”
Peter Akinola (1944) Anglican Primate of the Church of Nigeria
A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, First Part.
First Part of Narrative
“Let there be no illusions. The Communion is broken and fragmented. The Communion will break.”
Peter Akinola (1944) Anglican Primate of the Church of Nigeria
“Let no man think that he is loved by any who loveth none.”
Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece
Fragment xxiii.
Golden Sayings of Epictetus, Fragments
“Don't think that you are carrying the whole world; make it easy. Make it play, make it a prayer.”
Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition
Source: Ashtanga Yoga Primer, 1981, p.2
“If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door in the country”
Harvey Milk (1930–1978) American politician who became a martyr in the gay community
From a tape recording (1977-11-18) to be played in the event of his assassination, quoted in Randy Shilts, The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk (1982), pp. 372. Milk made three recordings for this purpose; these words come from the version given to Frank Robinson.
William James (1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist
Lecture XIX, "Other Characteristics"
1900s, The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)
Kim Stanley Robinson book Galileo's Dream
As quoted in John Clute, "Scores" http://www.strangehorizons.com/2010/20100118/clute-c.shtml, in Strange Horizons (18 January 2010) <br class="br">Galileo's Dream (2009)
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
On the loss of a suitcase containing work from his first two years as a writer, as quoted in With Hemingway (1984) by Arnold Samuelson