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I longed that those who, I have reason to think, owe me ill will, might be eternally happy. It seemed refreshing to think of meeting… — David Brainerd
It is not the glorious battlements, the painted windows, the crouching gargoyles that support a building, but the stones that lie unseen in or upon… — John Owen
Though we may now think some sins light and little, if the Lord awaken the conscience, we shall feel even the smallest sin heavy upon… — Matthew Henry
Oh! it is sweet to be thus weaned from friends, and from myself, and dead to the present world, that so I may live wholly… — David Brainerd
Turn in upon yourselves, get into your closets, and now resolve to dwell there. You have been strangers to this work too long; you have… — John Flavel
Only he is fit to preach who cannot avoid preaching, who feels that woe is upon him unless he preach the gospel — Charles Spurgeon
And also those to whom these commandments were given, might have power to lay the foundation of this church, and to bring it forth out… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
While vast continents are shrouded in darkness... the burden of proof lies upon you to show that the circumstances in which God has placed you… — Ion Keith-Falconer
People should think less about what they ought to do and more about what they ought to be. If only their being were good, their… — Meister Eckhart
Based upon the pictures, I concluded that about 60 percent of all college classes in the United States are held outside, underneath a tree, usually… — Ernest L. Boyer
We consider that any man who can fiddle all through one of those Virginia Reels without losing his grip may be depended upon in any… — Mark Twain
People are always talking about originality; but what do they mean? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us; and… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them. — Maltbie Davenport Babcock
Loyalty cannot be too liberally insisted upon. Altruism in nature remains an exception. It poses a puzzle, being in prima facie conflict with the survival… — Peter Birks
Hatred is the ballast of the rock which lies upon our necks and underfoot. — Maya Angelou
He that sells upon Credit expects to lose 5 per Cent. By bad Debts; therefore he charges, on all he sells upon Credit, an Advance… — Benjamin Franklin
He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers, which were to be put into vials hermetically sealed, and let… — Jonathan Swift
Be kind and considerate to others, depending somewhat upon who they are. — Don Herold
We cannot rely upon the silenced to tell us they are suffering. — Hanan Ashrawi
Out of damp and gloomy days, out of solitude, out of loveless words directed at us, conclusions grow up in us like fungus: one morning… — Friedrich Nietzsche

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