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- The heart clings to collected treasure. Stored-up possessions get between me and God. Where my treasure is, there is my trust, my security, my comfort,…
- I discovered later, and I'm still discovering right up to this moment, that is it only by living completely in this world that one learns…
- If we look more closely, we see that any violent display of power, whether political or religious, produces an outburst of folly in a large…
- Struggling against the legalism of simple obedience, we end by setting up the most dangerous law of all, the law of the world and the…
- Bless them that persecute you.' If our enemy cannot put up with us any longer and takes to cursing us, our immediate reaction must be…
- As brother stands by brother in distress, binding up his wounds and soothing his pain, so let us show our love towards our enemy. There…
- Things do exist that are worth standing up for without compromise. To me it seems that peace and social justice are such things, as is…
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- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. — Aristotle
- Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom. — Kevyn Aucoin
- When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort. — Kevyn Aucoin
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster
- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside… — Diane Ackerman
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Get this in mind early: We never grow up. — Richard Bach
- People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old. — Billie Joe Armstrong