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"There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself."

"It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment."

"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."

"One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses."

"There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in ourselves by reflection and the act of thinking and those that bolt into the mind of their own accord."

"When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?"
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"It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners."

"The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God."

"I many no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather response to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not."

"Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly."

"Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away."

"Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all."
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