Take these," said the old man, holding out a white stone and a black stone that had been embedded at the center… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
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Catholicity seized on man... and the mystics, transcending all, taught him to ascend on high with the wings of contemplation the Ladder… — Juan Donoso Cortes Copy Share Image
The pale pink light of dawn sparkled on branch and leaf and stone. Every blade of grass was carved from emerald, every… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Books aren't made in the way that babies are: they are made like pyramids. There's some long-pondered plan, and then great blocks… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
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Gospel ministers should not only be like dials on watches, or mile-stones upon the road, but like clocks and larums, to sound… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
I still grieve for the words unsaid. Something terrible happens when we stop the mouths of the dying before they are dead.… — Faye Moskowitz Copy Share Image
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Here, the churches seemed to shrink away into eroding corners. They seem to have ceased to be essential parts of American life.… — Sean O'Casey Copy Share Image
Never has any one been less a priest than Jesus, never a greater enemy of forms, which stifle religion under the pretext… — Ernest Renan Copy Share Image
If you are really spontaneous, people will think you are mad. If you go to a tree and start talking, or to… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
In Koln, a town of monks and bones, And pavement fang'd with murderous stones, And rags and hags, and hideous wenches, I… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
This world is your best teacher. There is a lesson in everything. There is a lesson in each experience. Learn it and… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
Turkey was fantastic, Turkey was, like, mystical and such a special place. Just unique, something that's really hard to describe, such beauty,… — Violante Placido Copy Share Image
Looking at numbers as groups of rocks may seem unusual, but actually it's as old as math itself. The word "calculate" reflects… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is a fundamental difference between Jesus and Muhammad and their teachings. When the Jews brought a prostitute to Christ and asked… — Ali Sina Copy Share Image
Mine, said the stone,mine is the hour.I crush the scissors,such is my power.Stronger than wishes,my power, alone.Mine, said the paper,mine are the… — David Mason Copy Share Image
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