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despair dream given illusion life love shield vanity
Nevertheless, love was given to us not only as fulfilment, as ideal, but as suffering, hopelessness, despair too. Is it all this the shield of this vanity called dream of our life or Illusion of Life? Sorin Cerin
despair cost easy
Despair is easy, or at least low cost. Rebecca Solnit
faces toms lipstick
I always carry a Tom Ford lipstick and Tachta face blotters to get me through the day. Rachel Zoe
faces sometimes hard
Sometimes it's hard to face your own...life. Jon Stewart
history lessons men
Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history. Aldous Huxley
history meat middle
The middle sort of historians (of which the most part are) spoil all; they will chew our meat for us. Michel de Montaigne
history remembered tradition
You always want to be remembered as one of the greats. We know the history and tradition of this program. Michael Beasley
history crime register
History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes. Voltaire
history love
I love history. I'd like to find more about the history where I live at.
history narrative
As an author of narrative history, I read a lot of history books. Nathaniel Philbrick
history human limit natural prepared rural sets size taught urban
Tiredness sets a natural limit to what a human being is prepared to walk daily, and this limit has taught man all through history the size of rural or urban communities. Leon Krier
history nearer poetry truth vital
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. Plato
history might ways
It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand. Sonia Sotomayor
prayer gods-presence
Prayer is nothing else than a sense of God's presence Brother Lawrence
prayer flower fields
Answered prayers cover the field of providential history as flowers cover western prairies. Theodore L. Cuyler
prayer heart long
We ought not speak too long about God with our minds before we turn and speak to God from our heart. We must stir a lot of prayer into the stew of our theology. John Piper
prayer mercy-of-god venice
Though justice be Thy plea, consider this: That in the course of justice none of us should see salvation. We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy. George Bernard Shaw
prayer people political
Most of the money given by rich people in "charity" is made up of conscience money, "ransom," political bribery, and bids for titles.... One buys moral credit by signing a cheque, which is easier than turning a prayer wheel.
prayer practice ties
The Sufis have a saying: "Praise Allah, and tie your camel to a post." This brings together both parts of practice: pray, yes, but also make sure that you do what is necessary in the world. Jack Kornfield
prayer religion atheism
If we ever opened a meeting with a prayer, silent or otherwise, we would disintegrate. Jerry Falwell
prayer grateful heart
A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being. James E. Faust
prayer devil saint
Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees. William Cowper
time vacation
Before, I just used vacation time when we did tours.
time
We were dominated. At no time were we in this game.
time hands schedules
A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. Annie Dillard
time lying silence
Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better, Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time. Thomas Carlyle
time register
Wherever anything lives, there is, open somewhere, a register in which time is being inscribed. Henri Bergson
time
Really? I think for a long time they probably didn't have a quarterback because they were a wishbone team.
time
Reflection is not something you have a lot of time for. Robert Battle
time
If you think back to your time as a teenager, everything was dramatic. Sarah MacLean
time
In New York, I wear dark denim most of the time. Renzo Rosso
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 art kings
When a man understands the art of seeing, he can trace the spirit of an age and the features of a king even in the knocker on a door. Victor Hugo