I think a lot of us are not on a path; we're in a rut. We have confused comfort with peace, belief with faith, safety with wisdom, wealth with blessing, and existence with life.
Erwin McmanusRead
There are few things more powerful than a life lived with passionate clarity.
Interpretation
Living with passionate clarity empowers one's life and actions.
This quote emphasizes the transformative power of living authentically and with purpose. Passionate clarity refers to having a clear understanding of one's values and desires, fueling one's actions and decisions with intention, which leads to a more profound and impactful life experience.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing dreams.
I think a lot of us are not on a path; we're in a rut. We have confused comfort with peace, belief with faith, safety with wisdom, wealth with blessing, and existence with life.
Home is ultimately not about a place to live but about the people with whom you are most fully alive. Home is about love, relationship, community, and belonging, and we are all searching for home.
The future awaits those with the courage to create it.
Deeper than our instinct to live is our longing to be alive.
Far too often, when we think we are frightened by mystery, the fact is that we are haunted by history.
You are both a work of art and an artist at work.
Once we recognize the fact that every individual is a treasury of hidden and unsuspected qualities, our lives become richer, our judgement better, and our world is more right. It is not love that is blind, it is only the unnoticing eye that cannot see the real qualities of people.
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
Hope is not wishful thinking. It's not a temperament we're born with. It is a stance toward life that we can choose...not not. The real question for me, though, is whether m hope is effective, whether it produces or is just where I hide to ease my own pain.
I did what most writers do at their beginnings: emulated my elders, imitated my peers, thus turning away from any possibility of discovering truths beneath my skin and behind my eye.
Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.
I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia.
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