The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. ~Ernest Holmes
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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God does not change; and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born. He loves you now; and He will love you forever. ~Billy Graham
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like. ~Alexander Payne
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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For the possibilities of being different from what one is are infinite. Once one has negated oneself, however, there are no longer any particular choices. ~Hannah Arendt
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
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There are times when I don't take roles because I don't want to be perceived a certain way. ~Harvey Fierstein
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