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Our village life would stagnate if it were not for the unexplored forests and meadows which surround it.
As the least drop of wine tinges the whole goblet, so the least particle of truth colors our whole life.
Where there is not discernment, the behavior even of the purest soul may in effect amount to coarseness.
It is said that some Western steamers can run on a heavy dew, whence we can imagine what a canoe may do.
Open all your pores and bathe in all the tides of nature, in all her streams and oceans, at all seasons.
Paradoxically, when females reject the male, they usurp the masculine role and abandon the feminine one.
Nothing is too small a subject for prayer, because nothing is too small to be the subject of God's care.
In love and friendship, small, steady payments on a gold basis are better than immense promissory notes.
It is a wise child that knows his own father. [Lat., Nondum enim quisquam suum parentem ipse cognosvit.]
The institution of chivalry forms one of the most remarkable features in the history of the Middle Ages.
It's always nice to be praised, and insofar as a prize is a form of praise, you're glad when you get it.
The planets show what is happening, the signs how it is happening, and the houses where it is happening.
It’s easy to forgo distractions and to not accumulate things when you have a larger goal on the horizon.
Sustainability: It's the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do, it's the profitable thing to do.
If, from time to time, you give up expectation, you will be able to perceive what it is you are getting.
All my life I dreamed of an apartment in Paris where I could cook, and now I have one, on the Left Bank.
Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you'll always find despair.
I believe that a different therapy must be constructed for each patient because each has a unique story.
The closer to the truth, the better the lie, and the truth itself, when it can be used, is the best lie.
It was childish to feel disappointed, but childishness comes almost as naturally to a man as to a child.
If only I could so live and so serve the world that after me there should never again be birds in cages.
The chief end of science is to make things clear, the educative aim is to foster the inquisitive spirit.
Bethlehem and Golgotha, the Manger and the Cross, the birth and the death, must always be seen together.
The only business in the world bigger than gambling is religion...but gambling is not nearly so corrupt.
That is how prison is tearing me up inside. It hurts every day. Every day takes me further from my life.
All you have to do is DECIDE what you want. BELIEVE you DESERVE IT, and PRACTICE the success PRINCIPLES.
One needs to have some sense of purpose. Next, you need to have a vision that grows out of that purpose.
Letting go does not mean not caring about things. It means caring about them in a flexible and wise way.
We are awakened to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything.
The aim of life was meat. Life itself was meat. Life lived on life. There were the eaters and the eaten.
The game of life is good, though all of life may be hurt, and though all lives lose the game in the end.
If you give a man a hammer, he thinks he can solve all problems by pounding. Well, God gave men penises.
Good is the enemy of great.. The vast majority of good companies remain just that - good, but not great.
I'm a Crank. I'm slowly going crazy. I keep wanting to chew off my own fingers and randomly kill people.
The reality is that if you always do what you've always done, you'll always be where you've always been.
We get better search results and we see more appropriate advertising when we let Google know who we are.
In cyberspace, the Wikipedians never stop gathering: It's a continuous round-the-clock rolling workfest.
We serve the world by finding out what feeds us, and, having been fed, then share our gifts with others.
There is great joy in leading with authority, which is serving others by meeting their legitimate needs.
If I never meet you In this life Let me feel the lack A glance from your eyes Then my life Will be yours
There are no atheists in foxholes" isn't an argument against atheism, it's an argument against foxholes.
You're lucky if you find something you like to do, and it's a miracle if somebody will pay you to do it.
You love him so much it feels like you can't go on without him. You feel like you might die without him.
Fang! Angel?" i yelled, not even trying for stealth. i was storming the castle, not stealing the jewels.
Laugh every chance you get. Laughter is sure to break the bonds of negativity that may be lurking about.
It was the kiss of a man who had waited years for the moment, and feared that it would never come again.
I stand upon a block of stillness. It is more secure than any sidewalk. I bring with me my own sidewalk.
For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction.
Women are not thousands of temptations to hell. They are thousands of reminders of the beauty of heaven.
People are silently begging to be acknowledged, informed, given advance opportunities and led to action.