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We cannot steal the fire. We must enter it. — Rumi
Though we cannot understand "the meaning of all things," we do "know that God loveth his children" because He has said, "Behold, this is my… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its urgency, 'here and now' without any possible postponement.… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Generations of women have sacrificed their lives to become their mothers. But we do not have that luxury any more. The world has changed too… — Erica Jong
We ought to think that we are one of the leaves of a tree, and the tree is all humanity. We cannot live without the… — Pablo Casals
We cannot ensure that women will be free of discrimination in the workplace and everywhere as long as women are not universally defended under our… — Carolyn Maloney
If once we admit, be it for a single hour or in a single instance, that there can be anything more important than compassion for… — Leo Tolstoy
We cannot feel strongly toward the totally unlike because it is unimaginable, unrealizable; nor yet toward the wholly like because it is stale - identity… — Charles Horton Cooley
We know there is a sun in heaven, yet we cannot see what matter it is made of, but perceive it only by the beams,… — Thomas Adams
This is a precious possession which we cannot afford to tarnish, but society always is attempting to make the physician into a killer to kill… — Margaret Mead
We cannot keep to ourselves the words of eternal life given to us in our encounter with Jesus Christ: they are meant for everyone, for… — Pope Benedict XVI
To the extent that we nourish ourselves on Christ and are in love with him, we feel within us the incentive to bring others to… — Pope Benedict XVI
The things that most deserve our gratitude we just take for granted. Without air we cannot live for more than a minute or two. Everyday… — Sri Chinmoy
We cannot afford to forget any experience, not even the most painful. — Dag Hammarskjold
Physically you are a human being, but mentally you are incomplete. Given that we have this physical human form, we must safeguard our mental capacity… — Dalai Lama
There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us… — Baron de Montesquieu
If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it easier. But it is not. We cannot compete, in simplicity with… — C.S. Lewis
Temptations, of course, cannot be avoided, but because we cannot prevent the birds from flying over our heads, there is no need that we should… — Martin Luther
[At] the end of the day, when we talk about cities, we talk about a gathering of people. And we cannot see that as a… — Eduardo Paes
If we cannot be decent, let us endeavor to be graceful. If we can't be moral, at least we can avoid being vulgar. — Langdon Elwyn Mitchell

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