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You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water - an inch deep and then the mud.


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It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.



A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.

A man's real belief is that which he lives by. What a man believes is the thing he does, not the thing he thinks.



Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.

Never tell a child 'you have a soul.' Teach him, you are a soul; you have a body.



If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.

If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give.



Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.

Forgiveness unleashes joy. It brings peace. It washes the slate clean. It sets all the highest values of love in motion.



Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.

Any faith in Him, however small, is better than any belief about Him, however great.



No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.

No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear.



To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.



It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.

It is by loving and not by being loved that one can come nearest to the soul of another.



How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.

How strange this fear of death is! We are never frightened at a sunset.





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I am death and I am here to take you away from this world. No one will ever care that you are missing. When you die you will forget all of this and there will be nothing more for you.



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There's just no place like Scotland when the sun is out. I just love coming home.



Wherever comes man comes tragedy and comedy also.

Wherever comes man comes tragedy and comedy also.



But I always kind of knew in the back of my head that I could come back and do Stone Sour.

But I always kind of knew in the back of my head that I could come back and do Stone Sour.



So trust the process of your life unfolding, and know with certainty, through the peaks and valleys of your journey, that your soul rests safe and secure in the arms of God.

So trust the process of your life unfolding, and know with certainty, through the peaks and valleys of your journey, that your soul rests safe and secure in the arms of God.



Hindsight is good, foresight is better; but second sight is best of all.

Hindsight is good, foresight is better; but second sight is best of all.



The worse I am, the more I need God. I can't shut myself out from His mercy. That is what it would mean; starting a life with you, without Him. Julia to Charles

The worse I am, the more I need God. I can't shut myself out from His mercy. That is what it would mean; starting a life with you, without Him. Julia to Charles



Difficulties seldom defeat people; lack of faith in themselves usually does it.

Difficulties seldom defeat people; lack of faith in themselves usually does it.



I just don't think the moon is going to be an adequate substitute for the fact that we haven't addressed ourselves to clearing up the slums.

I just don't think the moon is going to be an adequate substitute for the fact that we haven't addressed ourselves to clearing up the slums.



Why should one U.S. airman give up his life when our national security is not in imminent danger?

Why should one U.S. airman give up his life when our national security is not in imminent danger?




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