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A talkative soul lacks both the essential virtues and intimacy with God. A deeper interior life, one of gentle peace and of that silence where… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
Life may unfold chronologically for the body and for bureaucracies that keep track of such things as births, marriages, deaths, visas, tax returns, expulsions, and… — Ariel Dorfman
It would have been more to the point, more honest and more Christian, in past decades not to support those who intentionally destroyed healthy life… — Adolf Hitler
I am quite sure that very few of the so-called Reds in Spain were really Communists. We were badly deceived, for, had I known the… — Adolf Hitler
Here are centered the hopes and aspirations and faith of the entire human race. I do not stand here as advocate for any partisan cause,… — Douglas MacArthur
There has been considerable comment over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a soldier. I am afraid this does not seem as remarkable… — George C. Marshall
Perseverance... keeps honor bright: to have done, is to hang quite out of fashion, like a rusty nail in monumental mockery. — William Shakespeare
The difference between ambition and discontent is quite a fine line and sometimes it is hard to tell which is which and which you are… — Rachel Field
The sky puts on the darkening blue coat held for it by a row of ancient trees; you watch: and the lands grow distant in… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Science, or para-science, tells us that geraniums bloom better if they are spoken to. But a kind word every now and then is really quite… — Victoria Glendinning
New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created… — Hamilton Wright Mabie
A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling inot actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come… — Quintilian
I used to beat myself up everyday if I did not win an event. I am quite open about those things now and that has… — Leisel Jones
I'm really quite exhausted at the moment, but you never know, you are always surprised at what you can find sometimes, and maybe I will… — Leisel Jones
I've had my fill of Hitler. These conferences called by the ringing of a bell are not to my liking. The bell is rung when… — Benito Mussolini
Discovery comes as a result of positive discontent, a constructive dissatisfaction. In fact, one might quite truthfully say that there is no discovery when one… — Unknown Author
The publicity I have been getting, a good deal of which is untrue, and the rest of it ill considered, has done me more harm… — George S. Patton
The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their combs and nests; and Mr.… — Charles Darwin
There was an Old Man of Columbia, Who was thirsty, and called out for some beer; But they brought it quite hot, in a small… — Edward Lear
Jobs has within him sort of this conflict, but he doesn't quite see it as a conflict between being hippie-ish and anti-materialistic but wanting to… — Walter Isaacson
A man who has once looked with the archaeological eye will never see quite normally. He will be wounded by what other men call trifles.… — Loren Eiseley
This golfer has a wicked slice. And quite a follow-through. That's why his partner, who stood too close, Is on the green in two. — Richard Armour
I never quite understand the way society decides who is beautiful and who is not. But an open face and a capacity for kindness always… — Tilda Swinton
People are hungry for God. Do you see that? Quite often we look but do not see. We are all passing through this world. We… — Mother Teresa
It is well-known that those who have charge of young infants, that it is difficult to feel sure when certain movements about their mouths are… — Charles Darwin

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