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My desires seem especially to be after weanedness from the world, perfect deadness to it, and that I may be crucified to all its allurements.…

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I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps design you for some singular service in…
As the most extravagant errors were received among the established articles of their faith, so the most infamous vices obtained in their…
The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom…
First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety.
Ardent love or desire introduced, as passionately longing to please and glorify the Divine Being, to be in every respect conformed to…
When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and prayer: and while your hands are labouring, let your…
The whole world appears to me like a huge vacuum, a vast empty space, whence nothing desirable, or at least satisfactory, can…
We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do his work; and accordingly labour faithfully for…
Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away, while I do so little to any…
The idea that everything would happen exactly as it does regardless of whether we pray or not is a specter that haunts…
Give yourself to prayer, to reading and meditation on divine truths: strive to penetrate to the bottom of them and never be…
As to my success here I cannot say much as yet: the Indians seem generally kind, and well-disposed towards me, and are…

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Whenever I arrive on a real location, I have to move around and work out what the best angles are going to… — Pedro Almodovar
Let me tell you about my day. I get up at 8 o'clock in the morning. At 8:30 am, I leave the… — Thomas Harris
When I arrive at the gates of Heaven the Good Lord will ask ‘what did you do in your life?’ I will… — Arsene Wenger
I wish to approach truth as closely as is possible, and therefore I abstract everything until I arrive at the fundamental quality… — Piet Mondrian
I look forward to the invention of faster-than-light travel. What I'm not looking forward to is the long wait in the dark… — Unknown Author
And here I arrive at my point. The point is that everyone has a different dream. The point is that it is… — Rachel Kushner
My desires seem especially to be after weanedness from the world, perfect deadness to it, and that I may be crucified to… — David Brainerd
As soon as I arrive at the house, Laurie starts running, hits my chest, knocks me down, and licks my face. It's… — Beverly Sills
I rarely feel the desire to reread a scene the day before the shooting. Sometimes I arrive at the place where the… — Michelangelo Antonioni
I'm not on the run from anything and I'm not at all clear about what I'm running towards. But as some great… — Fiona Shaw
Quite frankly, I am not very comfortable in chitchat. When I go to board meetings, I arrive two minutes before and leave… — Lou Gerstner
But on the big things, I'm not going to trim in order to win public opinion. Because I really don't want to… — Bob Kerrey

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