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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.
wisdom perfect matter
Wisdom, properly so called, is nothing else but this: the perfect knowledge of the truth in all matters whatsoever. Thomas Hobbes
wisdom people dignity
Tap into people's dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won't lift a finger. Thomas Friedman
wisdom time power
Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use. Thomas J. Watson
wisdom
I thought I'd definitely be a writer, whatever I did. Thomas Keneally
wisdom children memories
I must apologise because I know all writers have memories of being on the outer because it's the children on the side of the playground who become the dangerous writers.
wisdom culture study
Happy nations have no history. History is the study of mankind's misfortune. Raymond Queneau
wisdom men effort
The greatest products of architecture are less the works of individuals than of society; rather the offspring of a nation's effort, than the inspired flash of a man of genius... Victor Hugo
may awakening certain
Intellect may arrive at certain inferences, but intellect is an unconsicous phenomenon. You are almost behaving sleepily. Intelligence is awakening, and unless you are fully awake, whatsoever you decide is bound to be wrong somewhere or other. Rajneesh
may bees sticks
We're much alike, bee, you and me," I said. "You may carry your pack underneath you and your rifle may stick out of your bottom. But you and me, bee, are much alike. Michael Morpurgo
may earth force
The life-force may be the least understood force on earth. Norman Cousins
may language nervous
When we talk mathematics, we may be discussing a secondary language built on the primary language of the nervous system. John von Neumann
may intimidation intimidating
Assassinate me you may; intimidate me you cannot. John Philpot Curran
may causes machines
Vending Machine: "This product has no known nutritional value and may cause irritability or wakefulness in some individuals. Please enjoy your selection and your day." Eve: "Up yours. Nora Roberts
may united manchester
We may not be in Manchester but we will always be united Morris Gleitzman
may speak sometimes
Sometimes you hear a person speak the truth and you know that they are speaking the truth. But you also know that they have not heard themselves, do not know what they have said: do not know that they have revealed much more than they have said. This may be why the truth remains, on the whole, so rare. James A. Baldwin
may riches wealth
To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind. Fanny Burney