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I repeat, not the man does it, because he has nothing to say on his own destiny, because how the history of the human past… — Sorin Cerin
...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that make us suffer like the death of a person we… — Franz Kafka
A goal is not the same as a desire, and this is an important distinction to make. You can have a desire you don't intend… — Tom Morris
Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap a character; Sow… — Charles Reade
And what does the lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God (Micah 6:8). — Bible
Is an intervention of the saints possible compared to an intervention of the man over Destiny? Is the saint - which man defined as a… — Sorin Cerin
The saints are a part of this Unique Accidental Occurrence compared to man who is a mere Image reflected in the Mirror of Knowledge of… — Sorin Cerin
Why, Creator must it all reach man through the lie of Knowledge as long as it is not given so that man knows it? It… — Sorin Cerin
I understood how great the print of this Creating Factor and Unique Accidental one is, that he is truly love and towards who we have… — Sorin Cerin
There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which, like angels, can never assume the body of an outward… — Jean Paul Richter
The Bible tells me that no greater love has a man than to lay down his life for his friends. John Kerry's fellow crewmates --… — Max Cleland
Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are… — Vince Lombardi
Every act of dishonesty has at least two victims: the one we think of as the victim, and the perpetrator as well. Each little dishonesty… — Lesley Conger
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not,… — William Ellery Channing
Everything we enjoy in society is a direct result of the accumulated learning derived from millions of mistakes. No mistakes, no progress. Yet we still… — Robert White
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on man… — GK Chesterton
The standard that a society should actually embody its own professed principles is a utopian one, in the sense that moral principles contradict the way… — Susan Sontag
Misfortunes are, in morals, what bitters are in medicine: each is at first disagreeable; but as the bitters act as corroborants to the stomach, so… — French Proverb
Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that 99% of them are wrong — Henry Louis Mencken
The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your… — Jim Morrison

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