C. L. R. James Quotes

29. Most loneliness results from insulation rather than isolation. In other words, we are lonely because we insulate ourselves, not because others isolate us.

38. “A wet bird never flies at night.” (My grandfather said that to me when I was a child and warned me not to forget it. I remember his words but never did figure out what he meant!)

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The trouble with words is that no matter how much sense they make in theory, they can’t change what you feel inside.

His words were full of hope and threat. Like the stars.

The worst pain I had to face is the fight with myself. I'm unsure who to rout for, because they both want what’s best for me.

There is nothing for you in this bleak hospital room but a cold and empty nothingness that has no answers, can give no peace, will provide no comfort to the living.

Somebody stop the world. I'm scared and I want to get off.

Men started praying to you, begging for a taste. That legend of yours spiraled out of control. You gave the people hope. They were told you were all they ever needed.

Life is like a box of chocolates: You get through what little actual good stuff there is right away, then you constantly fool yourself into believing there's still something good in whatever's left.

If we had directions, it wouldn't be life. It would be an assignment. Grunt work.

What is life if not laughter and love, caring and compassion, fresh bread and crisp radishes?

In order for us to begin something we have to start.

Grown ups’ could learn a lesson from watching cartoons.

The only way to learn new things is to ask questions and be curious. Find the people who inspire your curiosity because those are the ones you will most learn from.

Every trail has its end, and every calamity brings its lesson!

If we're going to be smart, we can't be stupid…!

Where we see the same faults followed regularly by the same misfortunes, we may reasonably think that if we could have known the first we might have avoided the others.

-I have to admit that ever since I started to rip-up the lawns of rich people I have felt a lot calmer!

And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

John 1:5"Light shines into the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it

Manichean dualism is the single worst idea people ever came up with — this notion that you can divide humankind into the children of light and the children of darkness.

Do you trust me Ana?"Ana! "Yes, I do."I respond spontaneously, not thinking...because it's true-I do trust him."Well, then"he looks relieved. "The rest of this stuff is just details""important details

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not rely on your own insight. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight.

The television image sanctified, conferred identity. The more familiar the face, the more to be trusted.

It’s your incalculable ability to trust others that has always touched me. And I’m sorry to have taken advantage of it so many times” - Dr. Paige

Partners, ” she said, and fired two rounds into his head.

The relationship between a guy and a girl naturally becomes more intimate as they spend time together.

Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.Acts 13:38

Man cannot measure the bounds nor fathom the depths of divine forgiveness...

The doctrine of original sin is the doctrine according to which divine forgiveness makes known the accidental nature of human mortality, thus permitting an entirely new anthropological understanding.

That kind of forgiveness is of God. And if they have it, they have it, and if they don't, well, maybe they'll find it someday.

There is spiritual edification in recognizing that God stays faithful in his covenants, that he forgives all sin despite whatever historical or sociopolitical circumstance.

Some hold grudges for a lifetime, unaware that courageously forgiving those who have wronged us is wholesome and therapeutic.

Let us remember that we need to forgive to be forgiven.

If you are too afraid of losing something, it means you didn’t care enough for it in the first place.

Wisdom often comes from those with the least to lose.

If we aren't willing to do whatever is required, " he said finally, "then we risk losing what we have been mandated to protect.

Unfortunately, as anyone who has lived through a tragedy knows, life does, rather infuriatingly, go on.

To the world, it doesn’t matter that much. Until you remember that it means the world to the patient. One exact world, bright and full of sounds, per person. That is what is lost.

When you are at a loss of words then go with your feelings. If you feel nothing you must rely on your thinking. If your thinking is not clear then lean on the spirit. With Spirit you cannot go wrong!

Look up, greet sparks of fire with salted eyes, For he’s a burning atmospheric sigh:One blaze of liquid flame on midnight sky, Soft orbital decay, and last goodbye.

Violent death erase[s] more than the semblance of life.

The accumulation of grief over one lifetime is more then one heart can bear."Robert explained."Only the heartless could withstand more.Or the very young, those too naive to truly understand loss.

Experience teaches that the fire of mental grief is intensified by being confined to its own hearth.

Why do people only understand what they want to......instead of what they could or should understand?

The dam of my eyes broke, and tears flooded the land.

He finally pulled it all back into his heart, sucking in the painful tide of his misery.

She had quickly learned that to show unhappiness was to risk the loss of love.

Life is marathon, not a sprint. It is a race we are all guaranteed to finish, so run wisely.