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Quotes from Gordon Atkinson
It's not foresight or hindsight we need. We need sight, plain and simple. We need to see what is right in front of us.
—Gordon Atkinson
Your world is made of your memories, and your memories are given to you by your world. The whispering voice of happenstance is always in our ears. 'This is the world. This is the way things are. Look. Pay attention. Remember.
—Gordon Atkinson
Fidelity to commitment in the face of doubts and fears is a very spiritual thing.
—Gordon Atkinson
The only comfort comes in thinking about how nice it was to know them, and how nice it was to brush against goodness for a season.
—Gordon Atkinson
Some things you do because you want to. Some things you do because of the needs of others in your family.
—Gordon Atkinson
One of the joys we have in being human is in exercising our freedom to choose and to take each case as it comes to us. We are not robots who are forced into behaviors by their programming. We see things; we think about things; and we choose our course of action or beliefs appropriately. And as long as that remains true of us, we will live every day of our lives on one slippery slope or another. There is no reason to fear this.
—Gordon Atkinson
Memory is a giggling sprite and will not be tamed. She takes flight the moment the present becomes the past.
—Gordon Atkinson
My life is the story of a man who always wants to carry too much. My spiritual quest is the painful process of learning to let go of things not essential.
—Gordon Atkinson
Good writing takes more than just time; it wants your best moments and the best of you.
—Gordon Atkinson
The human heart cannot love the whole world. And if you try to put the whole world into your heart, you will eventually lose touch with your own humanity.
—Gordon Atkinson
External signs of wealth and success are often cheap storefronts that hide internal mediocrity or even incompetence.
—Gordon Atkinson
One thing is clear to me. You can't know everything you'd like to know. You can't do everything you'd like to do. You can't read everything you'd like to read. You must hold onto some things and let go of others. Learning to make that choice is one of the big lessons of this life.
—Gordon Atkinson
Knowing that there is worse pain doesn't make present pain hurt any less.
—Gordon Atkinson