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Quotes by Character

"Inhabit ourselves that we may indeed do what we want to do."

"Inhabit ourselves that we may indeed do what we want to do."

Mary Richards, American Character

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"Am I willing to give up what I have in order to be what I am not yet? Am I able to follow the spirit of love into the desert? It is a frightening and sacred moment. There is no return. One's life is charged forever. It is the fire that gives us our shape."

"Am I willing to give up what I have in order to be what I am not yet? Am I able to follow the spirit of love into the desert? It is a frightening and sacred moment. There is no return. One's life is charged forever. It is the fire that gives us our shape."

Mary Richards, American Character

Life, Love, Fire, Order

15

"The imagination equips us to perceive reality when it is not fully materialized."

"The imagination equips us to perceive reality when it is not fully materialized."

Mary Richards, American Character

Imagination, Reality

14

"Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other."

"Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other."

Mary Richards, American Character

14

"Our works and our play. All our pleasures experienced as the pleasure of love. What could be better that? To feel in one's work the tender and flushed substance of one's dearest concern."

"Our works and our play. All our pleasures experienced as the pleasure of love. What could be better that? To feel in one's work the tender and flushed substance of one's dearest concern."

Mary Richards, American Character

Work, Love, Concern, Play

11

"Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will."

"Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will."

Mary Richards, American Character

Enemy, Enemies, Will

11

"It is for each of us freely to choose whom we shall serve, and find in that obedience our freedom."

"It is for each of us freely to choose whom we shall serve, and find in that obedience our freedom."

Mary Richards, American Character

Freedom, Obedience

11

"To have character is to be big enough to take life on."

"To have character is to be big enough to take life on."

Mary Richards, American Character

10

"It helps, I think, to consider ourselves on a very long journey: the main thing is to keep to the faith, to endure, to help each other when we stumble or tire, to weep and press on."

"It helps, I think, to consider ourselves on a very long journey: the main thing is to keep to the faith, to endure, to help each other when we stumble or tire, to weep and press on."

Mary Richards, American Character

Faith, Help, Press

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