Mark Salzman Quotes

#1. Every moment a beginning. Every moment an end.

Mark Salzman

#2. She knew that it was better to have a dream and pay a price for it than to be lukewarm. - regarding St. Teresa of Avila

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#3. Among environmentalists sharing two or three beers, the notion is quite common that if only some calamity could wipe out the entire human race, other species might once again have a chance.

Richard Conniff

#4. What if I have it all upside down? What if I'm the one who knows nothing of God, and the people in the world are actually interceding on my behalf with their ordinary daily struggles

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#5. In the beginning we all feel a bit like imposters in our capes and veils and being called 'sister'. But don't worry about it
just act like you think a nun should when you're not sure what to do, and you'll find that through grace and love you become one.

Mark Salzman

#6. suffering borne by two is nearly joy.

Mark Salzman

#7. The nurse pointed out that identical twins were already clones in a sense, and Mother Emmanuel suggested that the soul to worry about belonged to the person who would have himself cloned at great expense when so many unwanted children were going hungry.

Mark Salzman

#8. You don't give up on people you truly love. Whether they are in your life or stand on the edge of your heart, you want them to be happy. This is the truest kind of love because it gives more than it ever receives.

Shannon L. Alder

#9. Second-guessing a Red Sox manager is like bemoaning Cape Cod traffic - it's a time-honored summer ritual.

Anonymous

#10. The old economy was about people acquiring a single skill for life; the new economy is about life-long learning,

John Doerr

#11. It's funny, sometimes, when you look at the people who brought you into this world and you see yourself so clearly in them.

Robert McCammon

#12. Am I really a person who lives by faith? God can surely tell the difference between someone who walks in darkness and someone who walks with her eyes shut. Which am I?

Mark Salzman

#13. When one heart moves the whole web trembles.

Mark Salzman

#14. If I serve you in hopes of Paradise, deny me Paradise.If I serve thee in fear of hell, condemn me to hell.But if I love thee for love of thyself,then grant me thyself.

Mark Salzman

#15. The first person who contacted us was the assistant to President Eisenhower ... in the White House.

Betty Hill

#16. My writing is how I maintain.

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#17. The amygdala plays a crucial role in processing fear, and minus her two amygdalae, S.M. became unflappable. Studies of her are actually a hoot to read, since they basically consist of scientists concocting ever-more-elaborate ways of trying to scare her.

Sam Kean

#18. I don't like being talked into things by ungraceful people.

Mark Salzman

#19. I guess we're all a bunch of mismatched couples - that actually fit

Simone Elkeles

#20. Our world cannot be complete without you, and without hearing what you have to say. True justice cannot exist without compassion; compassion cannot exist without understanding. But no one will understand you unless you speak, and are able to speak clearly (Sister Janet to the students, page 155).

Mark Salzman