The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to go to church, is a search for that feeling of purity.
Interpretation
People seek places and practices that evoke feelings of purity and connection to something greater than themselves.
In this quote, Michael J. Fox highlights the universal human yearning for purity and spiritual connection, suggesting that rituals and places of worship serve as conduits for individuals to experience profound emotional and spiritual fulfillment. Whether itβs wailing at a wall, praying towards Mecca, or gathering in a church, these actions are driven by a deep-seated desire to reach a state of purity and enlightenment, reflecting our intrinsic search for meaning in life.
In practice
During a speech on seeking inner peace.
I find as long as I acknowledge the truth of something, then that's it. I know what it is and then I can operate. But if I overestimate the downside of something or the challenge of something and I get too obsessed about the difficulty of it, then I don't leave enough room to be open to the upside, the possibility.
My whole life, meeting people is like a blind date, because I feel like they've already seen the video on me.
There are no moments you have frozen in amber. It's moving, it's changing, so appreciate what's good about right now and be ready for what's next.
There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums.
Certainly people have a lot tougher situations than I've had to deal with. But I will say we are all dying from the moment we are born. This is not just rehearsal.
I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world.
We've taken on health care in a big way in our office, ever since nine years ago when I was paralyzed. I was in eight different hospitals, three different rehab centers, and all the rooms were dreadful. As an architect, designer, and patient, I can do something to help.
Treating an age group as a demographic requires coming up with something that's common to every single one of them. Right?... So it's reductionist in that it reduces an entire segment of civilization down to one person with one habit.
The Word of God became man, that thou mayest learn from man how man may become God.
Yet as human beings we have to accept-with humility-that the question of ultimate origins will always remain with us, no matter how deeply we understand the brain and the cosmos that it creates.
When you meet anyone, remember it is a holy encounter. As you see him, you will see yourself. As you treat him, you will treat yourself. As you think of him, you will think of yourself. Never forget this, for in him you will find yourself or lose yourself.
Where a reputation for intolerance is more feared than a reputation for vice itself, all manner of evil may be expected to flourish.
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