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We were created to be creators.

— John O'Donohue Divine Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (2003)

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There is an eternal region within us; there we are not vulnerable to the ravages of normal time.

Anam Cara – Spiritual Wisdom from the Celtic World (1997)

It is ironic that so often we continue to live like paupers though our inheritance of spirit is so vast.

Benedictus – A Book of Blessings (2007)

The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness.

In contrast to how a child belongs in the world, adult belonging is never as natural, innocent, or playful. Adult belonging has to be chosen, received, and renewed. It is a lifetime's work.

Eternal Echoes – Exploring Our Hunger To Belong (2011)

One of the great modern philosophers of beauty, Immanuel Kant, spoke of the joy we take in the Beautiful as 'disinterested delight'. The animation of the Beautiful is so immediate and fulfilling that we simply enjoy it for itself; it never occurs to us to ask what purpose it serves.

Divine Beauty: The Invisible Embrace (2010)

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Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.

Martin Luther King Jr. Strength to Love (1963)

Enjoyment of the work consists in participation in the creative state of the artist.

Martin Heidegger Nietzsche (1961)

No decision in business provides greater potential for the creation of wealth (or its destruction, come to think of it) than the choice of which innovation to back.

Robert Heller The Decision makers (1989)

Originality consists in thinking for yourself, not in thinking differently from other people.

James Fitzjames Stephen Liberty, Equality, Fraternity (1873)

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