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From all human oracles, however self-confident, we turn at last to the inspired Word, where instead of ambiguous and untrustworthy utterances, we find teachings distinct… — Arthur Tappan Pierson
You've got criminal courts and child welfare officials refusing to do their jobs and protect children so they can shift the cases over to family… — Anne Stevenson
Careful the spell you cast, not just on children. Sometimes the spell may last Past what you can see And turn against you... Careful the… — Stephen Sondheim
When your kids turn 13, an alien being invades their bodies and doesn't leave until they're 20. — Alan Alda
Last night you left me and slept your own deep sleep. Tonight you turn and turn. I say, 'You and I will be together till… — Rumi
He who seeks to approach his own buried past must conduct himself like a man digging. . . . He must not be afraid to… — Walter Benjamin
Celebrity is a national drama whose characters' parts and plots are written by the tabloids, gossip columnists, websites and interactive buttons. The famous don't actually… — A. A. Gill
If you allow your mind to carp at all and sundry, it will turn against itself: the majority of our sorrows are self-inflicted. — Rabindranath Tagore
It's family, and it's faith, and it's friends, and it's not the glamour of the Presidency, or the wonder of going to receive the Nobel… — George H. W. Bush
Throughout history, adultery has had few rivals as a cause of murder and human misery. The reason we tend to resemble our mates is that… — Jared Diamond
How much freedom I have depends on the number and nature of my options. And that, in turn, depends both on the rules of the… — Unknown Author
Our attitude can turn our problems into blessings. — John C. Maxwell
It isn't a coincidence that governments everywhere want to educate children. Government education, in turn, is supposed to be evidence of the state's goodness and… — Llewellyn Rockwell
Our struggle to put first things first can be characterized by the contrast between two powerful tools that direct us: the clock and the compass.… — Stephen Covey
Try as they may to savor the taste of eternity, their thoughts still twist and turn upon the ebb and flow of things in past… — Saint Augustine
When we sincerely turn to God, we will find that His church always moves forward, not backward — Jim Cymbala
Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the… — Mencius
Kindness does not require us to be blind to facts or to live in fancies, but it does require us to cherish a habit of… — Alexander MacLaren
America is not a democracy, it's an absolute monarchy ruled by King Kid. In a nation of immigrants, the child is automatically more of an… — Florence King
The third lesson and tip actually comes from two of my favorite political philosophers: Mao Zedong and Mother Teresa — not often coupled with each… — Anita Dunn
Two of my favorite political philosophers, Mao Zedong and Mother Teresa - not often coupled with each together, but the two people that I turn… — Anita Dunn
Truth is one, but error proliferates. Man tracks it down and cuts it up into little pieces hoping to turn it into grains of truth.… — Rene Daumal
Being frozen into the passive position of an object whose very existence depends on the eye of its beholder turn the educated modern Western women… — Fatema Mernissi
It's never too late to turn things around. You are the only obstacle. — Dave Ramsey
When something goes wrong, what's the best course of action? To change your direction. The word repentance means to stop going one direction (your own… — Craig Groeschel

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