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- A lot of the shadow self is the home of poetry, story, prayer. My deepest understandings are often released from the part of me of…
- I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day. . . . The…
- It strikes me as somewhat odd that the people who use God's name most frequently, both in life and in literature, usually don't believe in…
- I will have nothing to do with a God who cares only occasionally. I need a God who is with us always, everywhere, in the…
- In a very real sense not one of us is qualified, but it seems that God continually chooses the most unqualified to do his work,…
- We can surely no longer pretend that our children are growing up into a peaceful, secure, and civilized world. We've come to the point where…
- My husband is my most ruthless critic... sometimes he will say, 'It's been said better before.' Of course it has. It's all been said better…
- In the final exam in the Chaucer course we were asked why he used certain verbal devices, certain adjectives, why he had certain characters behave…
- An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers...To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy...If I try self consciously…
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster