Michele Pasin / Quotes

A small religious fanatic

‘So go on, tell me. What’s he like, that little kid?’ ‘Well, I think he’s some kind of religious fanatic,’ I confided, smiling, as I looked over my shoulder at the sleeping boy. ‘He made me stop three times today, and this evening, so he could say his prayers. I don’t know if it’s doing his soul any good, but his stomach seems to be working fine.

Saved 5 November 2015

#fanatics #soul #prayer

A seventeenth-century prayer as set for a trip

During the past few days I had picked up The Secret Chief again, and I had memorized part of the seventeenth-century prayer that had been Jacob’s preferred…

The Acid Diaries (Christopher Gray) #prayer #psychedelics #religion

Acid outflanking my defenses against religion

I think it must have been ten days or a fortnight after Anna’s cremation—it was an afternoon, I remember—when abruptly I understood what had been happening…

The Acid Diaries (Christopher Gray) #psychedelics #religion #death #music #prayer

Politically correct intolerance

Pickles changed the law in 2012 to ensure that English parish councils could not face legal challenges for including prayers in public meetings, and accused…

Eric Pickles: Britain Still A Christian Nation – Get Over It | Politics | The Guardian #prayer #Christian-nation #Christianity

The serenity prayer

In this way, we do not empower these problems to control us. We share in the spirit embodied in the Alcoholics Anonymous prayer, “Lord, give me the courage to…

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) #prayer #wisdom #control #changes

Abbiamo venduto l'anima al sistema

E tuttavia, per avere queste cose, per viverle e aderirvi pienamente, come dei moderni Faust, abbiamo dovuto vendere l’anima al diavolo, cioè abbiamo dovuto…

Adesso basta (Simone Perotti) #capitalism #freedom #soul #work

Ascoltare il bambino che abbiamo nell'anima

Se ascolteremo il bambino che abbiamo nell'anima, i nostri occhi torneranno a brillare. Se non perderemo il contatto con questo bimbo, non smarriremo il…

La Formica Zen (italian Edition) ( ) #childhood #soul #life