We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But if that drop was not in the ocean, I think the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

Mother Teresa

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Topic

Starting small Interconnectedness of all things

Author

Mother Teresa

Source

A Gift for God

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1975 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Catholic nun Nun Christian

From

North Macedonia Europe

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Citation

Mother Teresa. A Gift for God: Prayers and Meditations. Harper & Row, 1975.

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Another quote from the 1970s

It was at the highest point in the arc of a bridge that I became aware suddenly of the depth and bitterness of my feelings about modern life, and of the profoundness of my yearning for a more vivid, simple, and peaceable world.

John Cheever

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Topic
Modern life Inflection points

Author

John Cheever
Source
The Angel of the Bridge
Medium
Short story
Language
English
Time
1978 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Cheever, John. "The Angel of the Bridge." The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 1961.

Another quote about Interconnectedness of all things

To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour

William Blake

Auguries of Innocence

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Topic
Interconnectedness of all things Scale

Author

William Blake
Source
Auguries of Innocence Poems from the Pickering Manuscript
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1803 1800s 19th century
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Original Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.