It is inherent in human consciousness to improve. So there is nothing unique about a people searching for and creating ways to make their life better – all civilizations throughout history have done this. What is unique about us in America is the accelerated rate at which we continually search for novelty and progress.
BARBARA DE ANGELISA wise word is more rare than the green emerald, and one can find the word of wisdom even amongst the slave girls making grain.
More Barbara De Angelis Quotes
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Marriage is not a noun; it’s a verb. It isn’t something you get. It’s something you do. It’s the way you love your partner every day.
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They’re basically moments in which you’re in touch with the meaning of life, when your relationship to the rest of the universe makes sense.
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Love is the magician of the universe. It creates everything out of nothing.
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It is easy to be mindless in America, because dreaming of and living for a better tomorrow is the American way. … The problem is, in the second half of the twentieth century, we have gotten so good at living for tomorrow that most of us spend very little time in the present.
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The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It’s a choice you make on your wedding day, and over and over again and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband.
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Love’s greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.
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Your passion is your true power. The more you discover and express your passion for life, the more irresistible you will become to others.
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The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.
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All addictions have one thing in common – they numb you out to what is happening in the moment.
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When I look for happiness, I lose it. When I stop looking, and surrender to where I am, I find it.
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I believe tears are holy, because they show us that the ice of our heart is melting.
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Women need real moments of solitude and self reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.
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when your field is architecture, you go visit the great cathedrals of the world. My field was relationships. I got married many times. I was practicing. I didn’t date much; I just would get married. I thought, why waste time?
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The obstacles in our path are not blocking us-they are redirecting us. Their purpose is not to interfere with our happiness; it is to point us toward new routes to our happiness, new possibilities, new doorways.
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I invite people to examine their lives without negativity, knowing that it’s scary, but that not doing it is even scarier.
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