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The last thing Scripture should do is make you blind in the world. Instead, you hear everything, see everything, and feel everything because everything just… — Criss Jami
The skeptic says that the believer has lost his own mind under God. On the contrary, it is the people who follow God who are… — Criss Jami
I would say that introverts make some of the best international philosophers. The less common attribute of the introverted lifestyle - a close societal connection,… — Criss Jami
A pure heart does not demean the spirit of an individual, it, instead, compels the individual to examine his spirit. — Criss Jami
If there is one word that makes creative people different from others, it is the word complexity. Instead of being an individual, they are a… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
I failed to get into drama school, and my best friend told me I should do stand-up instead. I was always doing gags and voices,… — Marcus Brigstocke
What is enthralling and illuminating about The Metaphysical Club is its portraits of individuals and their milieus. Menand is wonderfully deft at evoking a climate… — George Scialabba
I always feel that there is a curtain, you know, that if I could just peek behind the curtain I'd see how the world really… — Charles de Lint
As to spelling the very frequent word though with six letters instead of two, it is impossible to discuss it, as it is outside the… — George Bernard Shaw
I dare say you marvel sometimes at my independent way of walking through the world just as if nature had made me of your sex… — Frances Wright
Living on the street as a kid changed the way I looked at everything. It was a different time and while it had its dangers,… — Charles de Lint
There isn't a single day I don't do some writing -- if you don't, you won't have a book. When you're self-employed it is very… — Charles de Lint
I was going through the motions of life, instead of really living, and there's no excuse for that. It's not something I'll let happen to… — Charles de Lint
People have fought in vain about the names and lives of their saviors, and have named their religions after the name of their savior, instead… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
If the colleges were better, if they ... had the power of imparting valuable thought, creative principles, truths which become powers, thoughts which become talents,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The gods gave me a father who ruled over me and rid me of any trace of arrogance and showed me that one can live… — Marcus Aurelius
Instead of using technology or wearing technology constantly, we will start becoming technology, — Neil Harbisson
Instead of creating aesthetically pleasing prose, you have to dig into a product or service, uncover the reasons why consumers would want to buy the… — Robert W. Bly
On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the bottom… — Harry S. Truman
One of the difficulties with all our institutions is the fact that we've emphasized the reward instead of the service. — Harry S. Truman
I have worked very hard with Nehru. I told him he should be the light of Asia, to show all those millions how they can… — Winston Churchill
My friends, look to Christ, and not to yourselves. That is what is the matter with a great many sinners; instead of looking to Christ,… — Dwight L. Moody
Instead of old spiritual distinctions you have new spiritual distinctions, instead of old worships you have new worships. You are all depending for your spirituality… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
How hard is it to build an intelligent machine? I don't think it's so hard, but that's my opinion, and I've written two books on… — Marvin Minsky
Watching Republicans in Washington is like watching lemmings, if lemmings jumped into cesspools instead of off cliffs. Splash! There goes Mark Foley! — P.J. O'Rourke

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