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People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an…

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When you read God's Word, you must constantly be saying to yourself, "It is talking to me, and about me".
Nowadays not even a suicide kills himself in desperation. Before taking the step he deliberates so long and so carefully that he…
Instruction begins when you, the teacher, learn from the learner; put yourself in his place so that you may understand . .…
It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand, and what those things…
I divide my time as follows: half the time I sleep, the other half I dream. I never dream when I sleep,…
Most people live dejectedly in worldly joys or sorrows. They sit on the sidelines and do not join the dance.
Learning to know anxiety is an adventure which every man has to affront if he would not go to perdition either by…
The conclusions of passion are the only reliable ones.
To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going down on one's knees and thanking…
People generally think that it is the world, the environment, external relationships, which stand in one's way, in the way of ones'…
Teach me, 0 God, not to torture myself, not to make a martyr out of myself through stifling reflection, but rather teach…
What our age lacks is not reflection, but passion.

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Hide me from day's garish eye. — John Milton
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People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they… — Soren Kierkegaard
Anorexia is a response to cultural images of the female body - waiflike, angular - that both capitulates to the ideal and… — Caroline Knapp
When he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so… — William Shakespeare
That mercy towards one set of creatures was cruelty towards another sickened his sense of harmony. As you got older, and felt… — Thomas Hardy
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The key to the city of Florence was about two feet long, and painted a garish gold. Hamilton was fascinated by it.… — Gordon Korman

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