“Wisdom is for the meek,” he returns. “And it seldom helps them as much as they believe it will. After all, as wise as you are, you still married Locke. Of course, perhaps you are wiser than...”
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“Wisdom is for the meek,” he returns. “And it seldom helps them as much as they believe it will. After all, as wise as you are, you still married Locke. Of course, perhaps you are wiser than...”
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“Greed says, “Wait until everything has fallen into place, then you can be happy.” Wisdom says, “Become happy, and everything will fall into place.”
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“At the time of Lewis and Clark, setting the prairies on fire was a well-known signal that meant, ‘Come down to the water.’ It was an extravagant gesture, but we can’t do less. If the landsca...”
“By the time it came to the edge of the Forest, the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used to do when it...”
“Max Lucado says that ‘A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.’ That is true and a man who wants to find out the truth must also do the same thing!”
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“Don’t be afraid to stand tall in YOUR truth! Boldly and confidently face everything that has, and is, keeping you bound. Fight for your inner peace! Fight for your happiness! Fight for every...”
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“Ladies! I encourage you NOT to be so easily flattered by what a man has. Be flattered by his strength, courage, integrity, and character as a man. Be impressed by his ability to be honest, f...”
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“And though there’s a grain of truth in every rumor, I’ve found that the worst gossip usually starts with something harmless.”
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“We only know a tiny proportion about the complexity of the natural world. Wherever you look, there are still things we don’t know about and don’t understand. [...] There are always new thing...”
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“So, the world is fine. We don’t have to save the world—the world is big enough to look after itself. What we have to be concerned about, is whether or not the world we live in, will be capab...”
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“The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?”
“All along — not only since she left, but for a decade before — I had been imagining her without listening, without knowing that she made as a poor a window as I did. And so I could not imagi...”
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“It’s hard to throw away history. It was like you were throwing away a part of yourself.”
“There hadn’t been one specific moment. It was like gradualy waking up. You go from being asleep to the space between dreaming and awake and then into consciousness. It’s a slow process, but...”
“I no longer feel allegiance to these monsters called human beings, despise being one myself. I think that Peeta was onto something about us destroying one another and letting some decent spe...”
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“I’m not sure. But there’s something about the darkness, the stillness of this hour, I think, that creates a language of its own. There’s a strange kind of freedom in the dark; a terrifying v...”
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“Don’t let the feminist in you ever die.”
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“Reading, study, and education are all prerequisites, but applying what you’ve learned, is the true test of knowledge.”
“When your passions cannot be controlled by your conscience, then you become enslaved; you will lead a disruptive existence unable to traverse life’s daily decisions.”
“Acquiring great wealth does not eliminate one’s problems, concerns, and mental anguish, it only alters them.”
“-Hablas como si todavía creyeras en él. -Creo, señora- dijo Sazed. -¿Cómo? ¿Cómo puedes? Sazed sacudió la cabeza y se acercó a ella. -La fe no es solo para los bellos momentos y los días fel...”
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“When a wife tells her husband, he sucks in bed, it’s undoubtable he will obtain a second opinion.”
“If you anticipate punishment and don’t receive it, you will have suffered nonetheless; however, expect punishment and you will suffer twice; once in anticipation and second, when it’s delive...”
“We tend to think we are actually “thinking” about a thought when it appears in the mind. However you are not your thoughts. Realizing this allows conscious awakening.”
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“Extremist groups rarely consider the endgame. They’re so emotionally entrenched in the crusade; they fail to realize their extreme conceptions precludes normalcy in their lives.”
“Remember when your heart is empty, don’t fill it with lies and deception.”
“If you relocate to a different city seeking changes in your life, don’t expect any alteration unless you make changes in yourself.”
“Those living under severe mental anguish have all but ceased from living. The justification for this state of mind determines the duration; if it’s due to the loss of a loved one, it’s likel...”
“It’s not because we fear to venture out of the norm into the unknown, it’s because we fear the unknown that we don’t venture out of the norm.”
“Music can alter one’s emotions in a positive or negative manner; use it wisely to soften pain or to invoke euphoria.”
“It’s easy to obtain safety with the majority or join the cult on false pretenses, one convinced themselves to believe; but the strongest among us stand on principle and wisdom; alone when ne...”
“Without term limits, some remain in office for decades; as a result, their power increases and they feel entitled, and ignore the people they represent; but do not be fooled that term limits...”
“One chooses who they decide to love but never determines who will love them back. The woman’s first two considerations are respect and financial security which centers on the core of persona...”
“One’s truth, integrity, honor, and faith can never be conquered without permission; what you allow, can be good or evil, determines your nature.”
“Don’t over pour your glass of wisdom when preparing and aspiring for matters of the future. Leave room in the glass in order to allow joy to enter life today.”
“One chooses who they decide to love but never determines who will love them back. The woman’s first two considerations are respect and financial security which centers on the core of persona...”
“The cult thrives on maintaining strict harmonious beliefs in attitude, opinions and behavior; discord and dissonance are adverted at all costs to maintain a false dogma; truth propels the gr...”
“Our lives at every turn are fraught with uncertainty and the unknown. One’s approach and demeanor when uncharted waters appear greatly affects success in life; you control the wheel.”
“The expense of energy on what you cannot control, heightens stress, tension and diverts one’s efforts away from what can be controlled.”
“It’s an accepted principle that we adopt many characteristics of close friends and associates; these traits include interests, opinions, political affiliations, morals, and responses to vari...”
“The human tendency is to resemble or imitate those we admire; the common result is the delusion, that to emulate another’s personality creates a pseudo persona, measurably dissimilar from ou...”
“The highly inspired, encounter less obstacles and traverse mountains easier than others on their path through life. It seems to me that inspiration theoretically enhances one’s ability trave...”
“Only you can decide how people describe your personal story after you’ve passed.”
“Some will never admire or respect you; not because they believe you’re callous or possess an intense demeanor, instead, they’re intimidated of what you’re becoming; powerful, and thus, envy...”
“Deep into the night, people I’ve known descend around me and deliver whispering reminders of moments abandoned.”
“People do not meet by chance––they navigate their lives to certain people for certain reasons.”
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“To be honest, we have learned by our many experiences with gods both heathen and non-heathen, that if personified, they bear only problems. There’s a single step for an angel to become a dem...”
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“That ‘God will provide’, is a sanguine statement laced with faith. He does not bring one out in the dark and switch off the light.”
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