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"This conference ? of, for and about women ? is, in itself, a rainbow in the clouds. When numerous women come together and show that they care, not only for themselves but also for each other, that is the occasion when a rainbow is shining down on somebody else."
"The sun is always shining someplace."
"In fact every belief is an obstacle. It does not even require your realization, since you are already who you are. But without realization, who you are does not shine forth into this world. It remains in the unmanifested which is, of course, your true home. You are then like an apparently poor person who does not know he has a bank account with $100 million in it and so his wealth remains an unexpressed potential"
"Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths."
"Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on wings of flame, And soars and shines, another and the same."
"That the sun shines tomorrow is a judgement that is as true as the contrary judgement."
"Love, in the words of the Master, is the shining commandment: LOVE ONE ANOTHER."
"All true and living devotion presupposes the love of God and indeed it is neither more nor less than a very real love of God, though not always of the same kind; for that Love one while shining on the soul we call grace, which makes us acceptable to His Divine Majesty; when it strengthens us to do well, it is called Charity; but when it attains its fullest perfection, in which it not only leads us to do well, but to act carefully, diligently, and promptly, then it is called Devotion."
"People throw rocks at things that shine."
"Take your love and put it where the sun don't shine."
"The sun also shines on the wicked."
"Goodbye to the sun that shines for me no longer."
"Everyone shines, given the right lighting."
"Shine like the whole universe is yours."
"Your radiance shines in every atom of creation yet our petty desires keep it hidden."
"As the light of morning strikes now one peak and then another, some being illuminated while others are in the shadow, so the light of the essential moral principle shines now upon one duty and then upon another, while others are in the shadow."
"Women can feel inspired by the story. People who haven't been traditionally given a chance to use their skills or shine are given a chance, and they prevail."
"God ordains that beggars should beg for greatness, as for all else, when greatness shines out of them, and they don't know it."
"An artist must know the reality he is depicting in its minutest detail. In my opinion we have only one shining example of that - Count Leo Tolstoy."
"That's what keeps me going. Everywhere I go there are young people with shining eyes wanting to tell me, "Dr. Jane, we're going to make the world a better place.""
