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wisdom true-life life-is
We live on the brink of disaster because we do not know how to let life alone. We do not respect the living and fruitful contradictions and paradoxes of which true life is full. Thomas Merton
wisdom prayer inspired
The only thing to seek in contemplative prayer is God; and we seek Him successfully when we realize that we cannot find Him unless He shows Himself to us, and yet at the same time that He would not have inspired us to seek Him unless we had already found Him. Thomas Merton
wisdom rain limitless
Wisdom is like the rain. Its source is limitless, but it comes down according to the season. Rumi
wisdom islamic able
Innumerable changes of moods are yours, and they are uncontrolled by you. If you knew their origin, you would be able to dominate them. If you cannot localize your own changes, how can you localize that which formed you? Rumi
wisdom looks pearls
Whatever pearl you seek, look for the pearl within the pearl! Rumi
wisdom islamic men
Botha swimmer and a drowned man are in the water; the latter is borne by the water and controlled by it, while the swimmer is borne along by his own power and of his own volition. Every movement made by the drowned man - indeed, every act and word that issue from him - comes from the water, not from him... The saints are like this. They have died before death. Rumi
wisdom islamic ifs-and
The proposition that Muslims are welcome in Britain if, and only if, they stop behaving like Muslims is a doctrine which is incompatible with the principles that guide a free society. Roy Hattersley
wisdom daughter rap
The trouble with being an activist is you end up like Eve and you get kicked out of the Garden of Eden. You know, Eve was the first person who thought for herself. And she still gets a bad rap. I named my daughter after her. Susan Sarandon
wisdom sheep people
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces. Solon
evil reason no-reason
Evil requires no reason. Alberto Manguel
evil
Good is that which promotes life, evil is that which destroys life Albert Schweitzer
evil good men needed prosper
The only thing needed for evil to prosper is for good men to do nothing. Edmund Burke
evil imperfection shadow
Flatterers are the worst kind of traitors, for they will strengthen thy imperfections, encourage thee in all evils, correct thee in nothing, but so shadow and paint thy follies and vices as thou shalt never, by their will, discover good from evil, or vice from virtue. Walter Raleigh
evil has-beens
For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out. Yann Martel
evil use want
Like anything else, you can use the Internet for good or ill. You can get out of it what you want to. There's no evil about it. The way I see it, it's a liberation. Willie Nelson
evil work-out crucible
Perhaps evil is the crucible of goodness... and perhaps even Satan - Satan, in spite of himself - somehow serves to work out the will of God. William Peter Blatty
evil world envious
That some are poorer than others, ever was and ever will be: And that many are naturally querulous and envious, is an Evil as old as the World. William Petty
evil evil-thoughts ruins
Evil thoughts and evil doing, cold, alone, you hang in ruins. Ozzy Osbourne
liberty abstract found
Abstract liberty, like other mere abstractions, is not to be found. Edmund Burke