The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at extraordinary times, to be of the present,… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
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We Christians bring peace and grace as a treasure to be offered to the world, but these gifts can bear fruit only… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Writing is alchemy. Dross becomes gold. Experience is transformed. Pain is changed. Suffering may become song. The ordinary or horrible is pushed… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
The absurdly neurotic role you and the rest of your kind have always attributed to me Erato, the Goddess Muse of Erotic… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
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A certain critic -- for such men, I regret to say, do exist -- made the nasty remark about my last novel… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
even those who call themselves 'intimate' know very little about each other - hardly ever know just how a sorrow is felt,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
United States, your banner wears Two emblems--one of fame; Alas! the other that it bears Reminds us of your shame. Your banner's… — Thomas Campbell Copy Share Image
Struggles are a part of the sacred sanctification process. There are no soft or slothful ways to become sanctified to the point… — L. Lionel Kendrick Copy Share Image
To-morrow would bring its own trial with it; so would the next day, and so would the next; each its own trial,… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Adversity is not simply a tool. It is God's most effective tool for the advancement of our spiritual lives. The circumstances and… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
A serious life means being fully aware of the alternatives, thinking about them with all the intensity one brings to bear on… — Allan Bloom Copy Share Image
Being human signifies, for each one of us, belonging to a class, a society, a country, a continent and a civilization; and… — Claude Levi-Strauss Copy Share Image
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A British imperium enabled Scots to feel themselves peers of the Ebglish in a way still denied them in an island kingdom.… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
To get back up to the shining world from there My guide and I went into that hidden tunnel, And Following its… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
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Instead of playing to win, I was playing not to lose. It reminds me of the story I once heard about two… — Sean Covey Copy Share Image
Christ also takes from us all inclination or power to boast of our national prestige. To me, it is prestige enough to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Thus is Jesus in all respects fitted for his mighty work of redeeming. He is very man and very God. He is… — Horatius Bonar Copy Share Image
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There are times when we suffer innocently at other people’s hands. When that occurs, we are victims of injustice. But that injustice… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Learning to endure times of disappointment, suffering, and sorrow is part of our on-the-job training. These experiences, while often difficult to bear… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
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