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Matter Quotes - Page 155

Life is so often unfair and painful and love is hard to find and you have to take it whenever and wherever you can get it, no matter how brief it is or how it ends.

Jenna Blum, Maggie O'Farrell, Molly Gloss, Nicole Mones, Elizabeth Benedict (2010). “The Best Contemporary Women's Fiction: Six Novels”, p.485, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

We maintain therefore that in matters of Religion, no man's right is abridged by the institution of Civil Society, and that Religion is wholly exempt from its cognizance.

James Madison, Virginia. General assembly, 1785 (1828). “A memorial and remonstrance, on the religious rights of man; written in 1784-5, at the request of the religious society of Baptists in Virginia. ...”, p.4

Neither our own passing nor the passing of an era is a tragedy, no matter how much we would like to think it is.

James Lee Burke (2011). “The Glass Rainbow: A Dave Robicheaux Novel”, p.147, Simon and Schuster

It is our commitment to wholeness that matters, the willingness to unfold in every deep aspect of our being.

Jack Kornfield (2008). “A Path With Heart: The Classic Guide Through The Perils And Promises Of Spiritual Life”, p.253, Random House

No matter what situation we find ourselves in, we can always set our compass to our highest intentions in the present moment

Jack Kornfield (2014). “A Lamp in the Darkness: Illuminating the Path Through Difficult Times”, p.59, Sounds True

No matter what we talk about, we are talking about ourselves

Hugh Prather (2003). “Standing on My Head: Life Lessons in Contradictions”, p.16, Conari Press