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“I come from the Town of Stupidity; it lieth about four degrees beyond the City of Destruction.” quote by John Bunyan — Download Open image

“I come from the Town of Stupidity; it lieth about four degrees beyond the City of Destruction.”

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The God in whose hands are all our days and ways, did cast into my hand one day a book of Martin Luthers; it was his Comment on Galatians . . . . I found my condition in his experience so largely and profoundly handled, as if his book had been written out of my heart . . . .…

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To seek yourself in this world is to be lost; and to be humble is to be exalted.

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“it is common for those that have called themselves His servants, after awhile to give Him the slip, and return again to me.”

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A comely sight indeed it is to see, a world of blossoms on an apple tree.

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“The preeminent job of the church is to equip Christian for life's challenges. This requires the emphasis on being fitted with tested armor. He is tutored in the Word of God. He is encouraged to rely on the Lord alone through faith in His promises and providence. He is drilled in the doctrines of salvation and is encouraged to allow…

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“So he had them into the slaughter house, where was a butcher killing a sheep. And behold, the sheep was quiet and took her death patiently. Then said the Interpreter, "You must learn of this sheep to suffer, and put up wrongs without murmurings and complaints. Behold how quietly she takes her death! And without objecting she suffereth her skin…

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I will stay in prison till the moss grows on my eye lids rather than disobey God.

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“...I am for going on, and venturing my eternal state with Christ, whether I have comfort here or no; if God doth not come…

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“Evangelist spoke from his heart with great passion. “You cannot be justified by the works of the law, because it isn’t how one follows the law or the good things they do that rids one of their burden. This makes Worldly Wiseman nothing more than an illegal guide and Mr. Legality a cheat. As for Legality’s son Civility, he is…

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God speaks once, yea twice, yet Man perceiveth it not, in a Dream, in a Vision of the night, when deep Sleep falleth upon men, in slumbering upon the bed. We need not, when abed, to lie awake to talk with God, he can visit us while we sleep, and cause us then to hear his Voice. Our heart oft-times…

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No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.

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Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more.

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Public infrastructure around the world is facing unprecedented stress, with hurricanes, cyclones, floods and forest fires all increasing in frequency and intensity. It's easy to imagine a future in which growing numbers of cities have their frail and long-neglected infrastructures knocked out by disasters and then are left to rot, their core services never repaired or rehabilitated.

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Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans.

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Cities are 2% of the earth's crust, but they are 50% of the world's population.

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A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled surfaces. We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to set foot in it. We need the possibility of escape as surely…

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All Germany was in turmoil. Revolutionaries seized power in the cities of Munich, Hanover and Cologne. One regional German government after another was toppled…

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Nice is a city of ghosts and specters, but I hope not to become one of them right away.

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I know of not one Republican candidate that would not appear publicly with Mitt Romney and I know many Democrats that don't even want…

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Just between you and me, shouldn’t the World Bank be encouraging MORE migration of the dirty industries to the LDCs [Less Developed Countries]?... I think the economic logic behind dumping a load of toxic waste in the lowest wage country is impeccable and we should face up to that... I’ve always though that under-populated countries in Africa are vastly UNDER-polluted,…

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We will neglect our cities to our peril, for in neglecting them we neglect the nation.

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I didn't know the city at all, but I was so happy to be in New York I cried. I was so excited.

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Outside of Paris, there is no hope for the cultured.

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Dawn's faint breath breathes with your mouth at the ends of empty streets. Gray light your eyes, sweet drops of dawn on dark hills. Your steps and breath like the wind of dawn smother houses. The city shudders, Stones exhale— you are life, an awakening. Star lost in the light of dawn, trill of the breeze, warmth, breath— the night…

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