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Each thing tends to move towards its own nature. I always desire happiness which is my true nature. My nature is never a burden to… — Adi Shankara
'Tis sorrow builds the shining ladder up, Whose golden rounds are our calamities, Whereon our firm feet planting, nearer God The spirit climbs, and hath… — James Russell Lowell
It is, let me say, at the very least by no means self-evident that there is more liberty, equality, and fraternity in the world today… — Immanuel Wallerstein
May I make two citations from the words of a discerning editorial writer, not one of my faith, but one of much faith: "If we… — Richard L. Evans
If it be true that any beautiful thing raises the pure and just desire of man from earth to God, the eternal fount of all,… — Michelangelo
True charity consists in doing good to those who do us evil, and in thus winning them over. — Alphonsus Liguori
I soon realized that the correct use of propaganda is a true art which has remained practically unknown to the bourgeois parties. Only the Christian-… — Adolf Hitler
Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy. — Albert Schweitzer
We are here speaking in open disapproval of that false system of philosophy, not so long ago introduced, by which, because of an extended and… — Pope Gregory XVI
The sacred rites, although not instituted specifically for proving the truth of the dogmas of the Catholic Faith incontrovertibly, are effectively the living voice of… — Pope Leo XIII
The true friends of the people are neither revolutionaries, nor innovators, but traditionalists. — Pope Pius X
There is a common belief that under modern conditions peace cannot be assured except on the basis of an equal balance of armaments...[but] true and… — Pope John XXIII
I shall spend every moment loving. One who loves does not notice her trials; or perhaps more accurately, she is able to love them. I… — Bernadette Soubirous
The old Catholic church traditions are worth more than all you have said. Here is a principle of logic that most men have no more… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Being young and trying to catch a glimpse of the depths, of the true self, of the soul, or whatever human beings have called it… — David Whyte
This is enough was always true. We just haven't seen it. — Unknown Author
I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death; I must never let it… — C.S. Lewis
Today it takes no great stretch of the imagination to envisage the earth as an interconnected globe humming with electronic transmissions - a chattering planet… — John Foley
I know now one thing only matters in these days... true love... love and love alone. — James Taylor
Only from God does true revolution come... the definitive way to change the world. — Pope Benedict XVI
Believers do not surrender. They can continue on their way to the truth because they are certain that God has created them "explorers", whose mission… — Pope John Paul II
That man is never happy for the present is so true, that all his relief from unhappiness is only forgetting himself for a little while.… — Samuel Johnson
It is important always to know that the first word, the true initiative, the true activity comes from God and only by inserting ourselves into… — Pope Benedict XVI
It might reasonably be maintained that the true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground. To… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There's beauty in the silver singing river There's beauty in the sunrise in the sky But none of these and nothing else can match the… — Bob Dylan

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