Quotes by Mary Caroline Richards

Mary Caroline Richards

American poet, potter, and writer

Lived from: 1916 - 1999

Category: Writers (Contemporary) | Poets (Contemporary)

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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.
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  • Inhabit ourselves that we may indeed do what we want to do.
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  • 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.
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  • It is for each of us freely to choose whom we shall serve, and find in that obedience our freedom.
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  • Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.
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  • 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.
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  • The imagination equips us to perceive reality when it is not fully materialized.
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  • To have character is to be big enough to take life on.
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  • Who are enemies? Those who oppose each others will.
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What are the most famous quotes from Mary Caroline Richards?

The two most famous quotes from Mary Caroline Richards are:

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

When did Mary Caroline Richards live?

Mary Caroline Richards was born in 1916 and died in the year 1999.