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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 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. Thomas Keneally
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
confused party politics
Those of us who don't have a party affiliation ought to be able to register under the heading "Confused. Andy Rooney
long interpretation patronizing
But if you constantly insist only on your own interpretation, it isn't long before it seems patronizing. Martin Schulz
long emotion wanted
If we just wanted positive emotions, our species would have died out a long time ago. Martin Seligman
long things-will-get-better alive
As long as you're alive, there's always a chance things will get better. Laini Taylor
long creative matter
The sooner you learn to finish things, and as a matter of course finish your creative endeavors, the better. It took me a long time to learn that. Laini Taylor
long people stuff
People that were in my life for a long time turned sinister and tried to control me, and all kinds of weird stuff happened. But there was no conscience involved; that threw me more than anything. Lisa Marie Presley
long trying screw-ups
I know i'll screw up. But i'll keep trying, as long as you let me. Lisa McMann
long dependable lasting
And it occurred to me that friendship was a lot more dependable, not to mention long-lasting, than love. Lisa Kleypas
long black politics
I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime, But is there because he's a victim of the times. I wear the black for those who never read Johnny Cash
long waiting united-states
If you wait until those weapons pose a direct, clear, present danger to the United States, you've probably waited too long. John Sununu