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I caught on fire twice on the stage, but I was promptly put out. It was just my leg

In many tribal cultures, it was said that if the boys were not initiated into manhood, if they were not shaped by the skills and love of elders, then they would destroy the culture. If the fires that innately burn inside youths are not intentionally and lovingly added to the hearth of community, they will burn down the structures of culture, just to feel the warmth.

As I watched the pulsing fire among the trees and heard the beat of the drum merge and tremble with the voices, forming an intricate pattern of sound, I knew that someday I would have to return or be haunted forever by the beauty and mystery that is Africa.

It is an item of faith that we are children of God; there is plenty of experience in us against it. The faith that surmounts this evidence and is able to warm itself at the fire of God's love, instead of having to steal love and self-acceptance from other sources, is actually the root of holiness: It is a fatal mistake to think of holiness as a possession which we have distinct from our faith... Faith is the very highest form of our dependence on God.

There will come a time of fire and night, when enemies rise and empires fall, when the stars themselves begin to die.

My work is getting stronger & stronger and more intense all the time.... I have such a rush of new energy & notions coming into my head, over my horizon like chariots of fire that all I want is freedom to step aside and execute them.

High blood pressure, cheeriness at breakfast, a mellowing political philosophy, and an inability to drink more than half a bottle of proof spirits at cocktail time without falling over the fire irons all suggest dark wings hovering overhead and the impending midnight croak of the raven.

First, a poem must be magical, then musical as a sea-gull and it must hold fire as well.

Money maketh man a tory, don't fire that assumption at me, I like toast as much as anyone but not for breakfast, dinner and tea

Fire-wood makes you warm three times; first collecting it, secondly shifting it and third when you burn it.

Steve Jobs is a national treasure. He is so visionary, and so bright. I had to fire him, though.

Sacred Activism is the fusion of the mystic's passion for God with the activist's passion for justice, creating a third fire, which is the burning sacred heart that longs to help, preserve, and nurture every living thing.

You've gotten drunk on so many kinds of wine. Taste this. It won't make you wild. It's fire. Give up, if you don't understand by this time that your living is firewood.

In each moment the fire rages, it will burn away a hundred veils. And carry you a thousand steps toward your goal.

Do not worry if all the candles in the world flicker and die. We have the spark that starts the fire.

Stay in the spiritual fire. Let it cook you.

I am on fire within._x000D_ There comes no murmur of reply._x000D_ What is it that will take away my sin,_x000D_ And save me lest I die?

Life has taught me to be very cautious of a man with a dream, especially a man who has teetered on the edge of life. It gives a fire and recklessness inside that is hard to quantify.

Putting pen to paper lights more fire than matches ever will

Talent is indispensable, although it is 'always' replaceable. Just remember the simple rules concerning talent:_x000D_Identify It,_x000D_Hire It,_x000D_Nurture It,_x000D_Reward It,_x000D_Protect It._x000D_And when the time comes, Fire It.

There are few people who will make mistakes with fire after having once been burned.