Quotes by Ukrainian Authors - Page 52

Serving humanity is not beneath spiritual pursuit
Sunday Adelaja
When an artist is asked to speak about form, you expect something different than when a critic talks about it. Because you think that somewhere between sentences and words, the secret will slip out. I am trying to give you that secret; it isn't a secret at all, but it is building solidly, not using secrets. I had been trying to extend into metaphysical extension; that film is changing, metamorphic; that is, infinite; the idea that the movement of life is totally important rather than a single life. My films were built on an incline, an increase in intensity. I hoped to make a form which was infinite, the changingness of things. I thought I would want to find a total form which conveyed that sense, particularly in reference to an Oriental subject. My impression was: one is walking down a corridor of a hotel. One hears a sound, opens a door and a man is playing; one listens for three minutes and closes the door. The music went on before you opened the door and it continues after you close the door. There was neither beginning nor end. Western music increases in intensity to a climax and then resolves itself. Oriental music is infinite; it goes on and on. The Chinese theater goes on for hours and hours with time for lunch moving scenery, etc.
Maya Deren
Take for instance, a society where the prevailing value system is that you only go into politics and leadership to serve and not to make money. In such a nation, people know that those who go into politics and leadership come out of it poorer than they went in.
Sunday Adelaja
To liberate yourself from your own self-judgment is to liberate others from it as well. To love yourself is an act of love for the world.
Vironika Tugaleva
Only when we face the impossible, and experience the unbearable, do we find out who we truly are.
Vironika Tugaleva
There is no greater suffering than constantly measuring yourself and coming up short, except perhaps the realization that your suffering is hurting others. But where do we learn these things? Because, really, they are learned. We don't come crying out of the womb because of our birth weight or because we have no money in this brand new world. We learn to measure and we learn to attach our self-worth to those measurements.These patterns we're stuck in aren't just painful for us, they're also distracting us. Every day, the gap between rich and poor grows while the people of developed societies do nothing, because we are too busy worrying about looking good. We're distracted, but not because we've chosen to be. Being distracted by our illusory inadequacy keeps us from changing the world. And believe me, we all have the power to change the world. If we only make the time. If we only free some head space.If you can't learn to love yourself for yourself (and how could you with such a paradoxical motivation?)... then do it for us. Do it for the world. We need you. We need your mind. We need your attention. We need your thoughts. Change your focus, and you will (not can, but will) change the world. You already matter. You just have to realize it for yourself.
Vironika Tugaleva
The more you've struggled, the more inspiring your story will be when you come out the other side. Do not give up. Today's struggle brings tomorrow's wisdom.
Vironika Tugaleva
I believe that the best leadership is loud authenticity. That is what the world needs now. We don’t need more plastic, Photoshopped perfection. I don’t want people to look at me and wish they could be me. I want people to be more accepting of their own failures, imperfections, and struggles because they are inspired by how I accept my own.
Vironika Tugaleva
If you want to be successful in any area of life, you have to work on developing your soul.
Sunday Adelaja
A search can either damage or undamaged the soul
Sunday Adelaja
To Have An Attitude Of Thanksgiving To God Is To Bring Health For Your Spirit, Soul And Body
Sunday Adelaja
The government can pass bills, but only the Great Healer can heal a broken soul
Sunday Adelaja
Intuition is beyond the scope of our mind, it is surprising, but it is the fact of life
Sunday Adelaja
Lend an ear to your inner voice and intuition
Sunday Adelaja
You should calm down and listen to the voice of your heart. This is your inner voice, your intuition or strong desire or a passion to a certain kind of activity
Sunday Adelaja
You must not be worried about your belly but worry about your soul
Sunday Adelaja
All sorts of darkness and evil are now hiding themselves under the umbrella of religion, Christianity, church etc.
Sunday Adelaja
I have decided to take on the biggest in my opinion challenge facing Christianity today. Which unfortunately is largely seen in the African continent and other developing countries. This challenge is ignorance!
Sunday Adelaja
Our Christianity has become superstitious.
Sunday Adelaja
Each person you admire is simply a reminder of your own latent excellence, your own unacknowledged beauty.
Vironika Tugaleva
Eyes which feast on the beauty of the world will always look beautiful to others. That which receives beauty exudes it as well.
Vironika Tugaleva
Leave your hair natural. Let your beard grow out. Leave the makeup in the bag. Wear comfortable clothes. Stop worrying so much about your looks and start looking around you. You have missed so much beauty trying to become beautiful. You have missed your own worth trying to become worthy. Let the mask break open. Let it lie on the floor. Let yourself be seen. Let yourself see.
Vironika Tugaleva
It is only by seeing beauty in everything that we can see it in any one single thing, day after day. Don't run into the arms of obsession, for that quickly fades. Long lasting love comes from an open, loving heart.
Vironika Tugaleva
The feet of them that preach the gospel of peace possess beauty
Sunday Adelaja
The beauty of a meek spirit is precious to God
Sunday Adelaja
It will take as long as it takes. Your work is to take the time and make the space. Everything else is beyond your influence.
Vironika Tugaleva
We all see very clearly in others tendencies which we, ourselves, have overcome. The older and wiser we grow, the more we can see the arrogance of youth. The more authentic we become, the more we can see the lies of insecurity. The more vulnerable we allow ourselves to be, the more we see the dangerous symptoms of unexpressed emotions. There is no finish line to learning. There is no point where we're done growing, and all we will ever do is look down upon others who are behind us. No one is ever at the top. We are all growing at our own rates, and no matter how terrible or how enlightened we fancy ourselves to be today, the future will be sure to give us a different perspective. There is really no use in comparing yourself to others. There will always be someone ahead and someone behind, and there will be dozens (if not hundreds) of different scales and gradients to be behind and ahead on. To be number one is never final. It is and always will be a momentary, fleeting instant. But to be a growing version of yourself? That, you can be. You can be that every single day.
Vironika Tugaleva
Change is not something you do. Change is something you allow.
Vironika Tugaleva
A butterfly does not wonder how it can stop being a caterpillar. It simply feels some feeling from within that tells it: isolate yourself in this cocoon and grow within it. It trusts that feeling. When it comes out, it is radiant and beautiful. All the little bug did was follow its nature. You are no different.
Vironika Tugaleva
You want to fix yourself, change yourself, become someone better. But what about who you already are? You want to craft a mask to wear—something to cover your face. But you already have a face. You are already something. Your task, as a human being, is not self-augmentation, but self-discovery. Look at yourself with curiosity. Let yourself explore your interests. Delve into your talents. Face your fears. Accept your faults, and give yourself unconditional love.By learning to explore yourself, you will naturally become the best version of yourself. Of course, you invent your life, but you do not invent your passions. Some things, you must create, and others you must discover.Learn to be curious about yourself. Then, you will be on the right path.
Vironika Tugaleva
The most profound personal growth does not happen while reading a book or meditating on a mat. It happens in the throes of conflict—when you are angry, afraid, frustrated. It happens when you are doing the same old thing and you suddenly realize that you have a choice.
Vironika Tugaleva
We can only change life in the country and radically reform society by having God’s wisdom, strength and authority
Sunday Adelaja
Spiritual regeneration is a change on the inside of a person or nation as a a result of coming to Jesus, and a change of value system in his life
Sunday Adelaja
Until we realize that we are the children of the Almighty God and start acting like His representatives on the earth, nothing will change in our country
Sunday Adelaja
It is time to change the paradigm of the church and of every Christian
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Without having any relationship with God, we will not change anything in our world
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The time has come for every Christian to change his position, to change the dimensions of his vision
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Only a changed person can live according to the law.
Sunday Adelaja
Becoming God’s reflection first in our private life and walking before God creates a wonderful platform for us to be eligible to change a whole nation for God
Sunday Adelaja
A country experiences regeneration and change only when it lives by the principles of the kingdom of God
Sunday Adelaja
Prayer without an active position is powerless to change anything
Sunday Adelaja
A person or nation begins to live and act according to the word of God, as a result of change in the value system and therefore life around them changes.
Sunday Adelaja
Christians have a real chance to change the society that is I darkness, to help every person see the light of God’s love
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To hear a radical change of perspective is to hear a kingdom minded man speak
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Kingdom laws do not change
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To change your way of thinking is to enjoy fulfillment of divine destiny
Sunday Adelaja
Change your understanding and then even the negative side of the blessings will make you rejoice in God’s blessings
Sunday Adelaja
To Change Priority Is A Sign Of A New Discovery
Sunday Adelaja
Laws by definition do not change
Sunday Adelaja
No declaration changes the existence of God
Sunday Adelaja
It is impossible to come to God and not experience changes in your life
Sunday Adelaja
You can change your Job but u cannot choose your calling
Sunday Adelaja
We must change our way of thinking, correct our plans and envision new ways of attaining our goals
Sunday Adelaja
Being born-again Christian gives God the opportunity to gradually change your heart, mind, and thoughts
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Dare to make major changes to reach your newly discovered destiny
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God knows how to turn your helplessness into strength
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God always turns a person’s weakness into strength
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Pivotal changes occur with every period of time
Sunday Adelaja
We have to change our way of thinking in order to be able to accept the changes that have already begun
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The changes of this new time will not only be noticeable around us but also within us
Sunday Adelaja