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The right way is the greatest gratifier of human wishes ever come upon - when allowed to operate. It is as morally… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
The soul contains few secrets and longings which cannot be sensibly discussed, analyzed, and polled. Solitude, the very condition which sustained the… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
One of the great challenges you will face is that a part of the world, and some in it, do not have… — King Hussein I Copy Share Image
I believe that movements start when individuals who feel very isolated and very alone in the midst of an alien culture, come… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
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The church isn't simply a collection of isolated individuals ... we need to learn again the lesson that a hand is no… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Each individual composes the music of his own life. If he injures another, he brings disharmony. When his sphere is disturbed, he… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Whom God legally saves, He experimentally saves; whom He justifies, them He also sanctifies. Where the righteousness of Christ is imputed to… — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
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Any criminal act against any individual or institution in India is to be condemned. The attackers must be strongly punished as per… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
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What the activity of this disposition of ours means in the evolution of the world, we do not know. Nor can we… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
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My view is that homosexual acts, not homosexuality, but homosexual acts are wrong. They’re intrinsically wrong. And I think in a natural… — Ken Cuccinelli Copy Share Image
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