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Some people want to see God with their eyes as they see a cow, and to love Him as they love a cow - for… — Meister Eckhart
They could not understand the advantage of living contrary to their inclinations in this world in order to enjoy a hypothetical well-being in another. — Isabel Allende
...To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage — Plutarch
To build a better world we need to replace the patchwork of lucky breaks and arbitrary advantages today that determine success--the fortunate birth dates and… — Malcolm Gladwell
It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further… — Malcolm Gladwell
What then is the intellectual advantage of civilization over primitive savagery? It is not necessarily that each civilized man has more knowledge but that he… — Thomas Sowell
A single gentle rain makes the grass many shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the influx of better thoughts. We should be blessed if… — Henry David Thoreau
My idea of Heaven has nothing to do with fluffy clouds or angels. In my Heaven there's butter pecan ice cream and swimming pools and… — Jennifer L. Holm
Under our system every voter and officeholder is a man who has demonstrated through voluntary and difficult service that he places the welfare of the… — Robert A. Heinlein
If I had my way books would not be written in English but in an exceedingly difficult secret language.... This plan would have the advantage… — Robertson Davies
Manic-depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will to live. It… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Tell me, was I the sort of person who took your elbow when cars passed on the street, touched your cheek while you talked, combed… — Nicole Krauss
Love knows no virtue, no profit; it loves and forgives and suffers everything, because it must. It is not our judgment that leads us; it… — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters… — Charles Spurgeon
Do you talk by rule, then, while you are dancing?" Sometimes. One must speak a little, you know. It would look odd to be entirely… — Jane Austen
In northwest Alaska, kunlangeta "might be applied to a man who, for example, repeatedly lies and cheats and steals things and does not go hunting,… — Martha Stout
Really, all you need to become a good knitter are wool, needles, hands, and slightly below-average intelligence. Of course superior intelligence, such as yours and… — Elizabeth Zimmermann
The advantage of beating a mute is he can't tell on you. — Thomas Harris
Do you dance, Mr. Darcy?" Darcy: "Not if I can help it!" Sir William: "What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy!… — Jane Austen
Men spend their lives in anticipations,—in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage… — Charles Caleb Colton
If you ever meet the man who could take advantage of Isabelle, you’ll have to let me know. I’d like to shake his hand. Or… — Cassandra Clare
Don't count the days, make the days count. — Muhammad Ali
Alexia suspected Lord Maccon's handling was a tad more than was strictly called for under the circumstances, but she secretly enjoyed the sensation. After all,… — Gail Carriger
protected businesses never, never become competitive ... Halliburton, Bechtel, Parsons, KPMG, RTI, Blackwater and all other U.S. corporations that were in Iraq to take advantage… — Naomi Klein
These are the advantages of travel, that one meets so many men whom one would otherwise never meet, and that one feeds as it were… — Hilaire Belloc

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