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The most dangerous type of atheism is not theoretical atheism, but practical atheism -that's the most dangerous type. And the world, even the church, is… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
...stories that rise from deep suffering can provide the most potent remedies for past, present, and even future ills. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Hitler's dictatorship differed in one fundamental point from all its predecessors in history. It was the first dictatorship in the present period of modern technical… — Albert Speer
I loved reading the Dalai Lama's words: My religion is loving-kindness. I realized that meant loving-kindness to everyone in my life: past, present, and future;… — Elizabeth Kim
Originally the structure was . . . a modern narrator who would appear intermittently and talk about his memories of his grandmother, which would then… — David Henry Hwang
Regarding pushing the form, ideas interest me more than form. I think you can write a very subversive play in a three-act structure. The content… — Caridad Svich
I know well, Monsieur, how much you have to endure in your present duty, and I ask Our Lord to strengthen you in your difficulties.… — Vincent de Paul
[T]hese losses of the Church in the past hundred years give us reason to fear in the present misfortune that in another hundred years we… — Vincent de Paul
If there is any danger in the present weather, in the name of God, Monsieur, wait until spring — Vincent de Paul
For the real difference between happiness and joy is that one is grounded in this world, the other in eternity. Happiness cannot encompass suffering and… — Elise M. Boulding
Before we had our becoming here, we existed There, men other than now; we were pure souls. Intelligence inbound with the entire of reality, not… — Plotinus
... he felt himself to be one of them, who can live neither in the world nor out of it. They are a kind of… — Iris Murdoch
It wasn't until Hope fluttered over and landed at Alex's feet, peering questioningly up at him, that he finally tore his hands away from his… — Meg Cabot
Because if the manifestations that happen in the present moment are beautiful and good, their continuation in the future will be also good and beautiful. — Nhat Hanh
There are two bodies - the rudimental and the complete; corresponding with the two conditions of the worm and the butterfly. What we call "death,"… — Edgar Allan Poe
It is hard to communicate understanding because that is something you get by living with a problem for a long time. You study it, perhaps… — Michael Atiyah
Very few people realize the enormous bulk of contemporary mathematics. Probably it would be easier to learn all the languanges of the world than to… — W. W. Sawyer
It is not only the prisoners who grow coarse and hardened from corporal punishment, but those as well who perpetrate the act or are present… — Anton Chekhov
Could the waters of the Atlantic be drawn off, so as to expose to view this great sea-gash, which separates continents, and extends from the… — Matthew Fontaine Maury
But unless some great revolution in nature modifies the present relative level between land and sea, it may safely be maintained that the present outer… — Louis Agassiz
The day before yesterday always has been a glamour day. The present is sordid and prosaic. Time colors history as it does a meerschaum pipe. — Vincent Starrett
[T]he historian must serve two masters, the past and the present. — Fritz Stern
We are never completely contemporaneous with our present. History advances in disguise; it appears on stage wearing a mask of the preceding scene, and we… — Regis Debray
The future is dark, the present burdensome. Only the past, dead and buried, bears contemplation. — Geoffrey Elton
The only philosophy that can be practiced responsibly in the face of despair is the attempt to contemplate all things as they would present themselves… — Theodor Adorno

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