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Without undervaluing any other human agency, it may be safely affirmed that the Common School, improved and energized, as it can easily be, may become… — Horace Mann
The study of the past with one eye, so to speak, upon the present is the source of all sins and sophistries in history ...… — Herbert Butterfield
A wife says to her husband (or vice versa), "Do you love me?""Of course," he replies. "I've been married to you for twenty years, haven't… — Leo Buscaglia
Well, every man has a religion; has something in heaven or earth which he will give up everything else for - something which absorbs him… — Walt Whitman
They who prematurely put themselves forward to root out whatever is displeasing to them overthrow the judgment of God and rashly intrude upon the office… — John Calvin
Our dreams disturb us because they refuse to pander to our fondest notions of ourselves. The closer one looks, the more they seem to insist… — Marc Ian Barasch
A flock of blessings light upon thy back — William Shakespeare
Glory to God in highest heaven, Who unto man His Son hath given; While angels sing with tender mirth, A glad new year to all… — Matthew Simpson
People could achieve much more if only they would put in more effort. You must take responsibility for your own life. Be conscious of how… — Johan Oscar Smith
To be successful, a man must exert an effective influence upon his brothers and upon his associates, and the degree in which he accomplishes this… — Vince Lombardi
To me there is nothing more sacred than love and laughter, and there is nothing more prayerful than playfulness. When you are in love, all… — Rajneesh
The blues is an art of ambiguity, an assertion of the irrepressibly human over all circumstance whether created by others or by one's own human… — Ralph Ellison
Like Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Paraguay and others, Mexico believes that we should evaluate internationally agreed upon policies and search for a more effective… — Unknown Author
So long as mankind shall continue to lavish more praise upon its destroyers than upon its benefactors war shall remain the chief pursuit of ambitious… — Edward Gibbon
Whenever "A" attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon "B," "A" is most likely a scoundrel. — H. L. Mencken
Each day millions of our citizens approach our Maker on bended knee, seeking His grace and giving thanks for the many blessings He bestows upon… — George W. Bush
I look upon statistics as the handmaid of medicine, but on that very account I hold that it befits medicine to treat her handmaid with… — Karl Pearson
But, as sculpture and painting are gifts of God, what I insist on is, that both shall be used purely and lawfully, that gifts which… — John Calvin
The beloved of Allah are the perfume of Allah upon this world, but only the true, sincere believers have noses to smell them. They smell… — Yahya ibn Mu'adh al-Razi
Be firm and upright upon the commands of Allah, work to His obedience and keep away from His disobedience. — Hasan of Basra
That is the difference we make in the world. And our own safety - our own security - depends upon our willingness to do what… — Barack Obama
Yearning for Allah and His meeting is like the gentle breeze blowing upon the heart, extinguishing the blaze of the Dunya. Whosoever caused his heart… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
The strongest wish of a vast number of earnest men and women to-day is for a basis of religious belief which shall rest, not upon… — William Ralph Inge
We used to be a source of fuel; we are increasingly becoming a sink. These supplies of foreign liquid fuel are no doubt vital to… — Winston Churchill
Our universe is a sea of energy - free, clean energy. It is all out there waiting for us to set sail upon it. — Robert Adams

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