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On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that we have henceforth to fulfill the promise of our friend's life also, in our own, to the world.
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One man is equivalent to all Creation. One man is a World in miniature.
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One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good.
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Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say ''In spite of all!'' has the calling for politics.
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Our Creator has given us five senses to help us survive threats from the external world, and a sixth sense, our healing system, to help us survive internal threats.
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Our strength grows out of our weakness.
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Out of compassion I destroy the darkness of their ignorance. From within them I light the lamp of wisdom and dispel all darkness from their lives.
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Painting puts me into an alpha state. It's a private event. I make all the decisions in the process and never have to deal with the outside world.
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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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Perhaps in His wisdom the Almighty is trying to show us that a leader may chart the way, may point out the road to lasting peace, but that many leaders and many peoples must do the building.
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Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.
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Risk is essential. There is not growth of inspiration in staying within what is safe and comfortable. Once you find out what you do best, why not try something else?
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Since Einstein developed his theory of relativity, and Rutherford and Bohr revolutionised physics, our picture of the world has radically changed.
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Since the German people, with unparalleled heroism, but also at the cost of fearful sacrifices, has waged war against half the world, it is our right and our duty to obtain safety and independence for ourselves at sea.
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Some people think that God peers over the balcony of heaven trying to find anybody who is enjoying life. And when He spots a happy person, He yells, ''Now cut that out!'' That concept of God should make us shudder because it's blasphemous!
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Somebody figured it out - we have 35 million laws trying to enforce Ten Commandments.
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Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one?
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Take God for your spouse and friend and walk with him continually, and you will not sin and will learn to love, and the things you must do will work out prosperously for you.
St. John of the Cross
Spanish mystic, a Roman Catholic saint, a Carmelite friar and a priest (1542 - 1591) -
Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience.
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That our popular art forms have become so obsessed with sex has turned the U.S.A into a nation of hobbledehoys; as if grown people don't have more vital concerns, such as taxes, inflation, dirty politics, earning a living, getting an education, or keeping out of jail.
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