"He watched the scene and thought of life; and (as always happened when he thought of life) he became sad. A gentle melancholy took possession of him. He felt how useless it was to struggle against fortune, this being the burden of wisdom which the ages had bequeathed him."

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"He watched the scene and thought of life; and (as always happened when he thought of life) he became sad. A gentle melancholy took possession of him. He felt how useless it was to struggle against fortune, this being the burden of wisdom which the ages had bequeathed him."

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"The Bible warns [parents] against extremes in dealing with our adult children. It tells us to avoid trying to control [them] once they become adults. When children become independent, a major transition takes place: They are no longer under our authority."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"This heart within me I can feel, and I judge that it exists. This world I can touch, and I likewise judge that it exists. There ends all my knowledge, and the rest is construction. (...) Forever I shall be a stranger to myself."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

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"I am engaged in spiritual warfare every day. I must never let down my guard-I must keep armed."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"Who gave fire permission to burn?"

Marty Rubin, American Author

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"But if I feel, may I never express? "Never! declared Reason.I groaned under her bitter sternness. Never - never - oh, hard word! This hag, this Reason, would not let me look up, or smile, or hope; she could not rest unless I were altogether crushed, cowed, broken-in, and broken down. According to her, I was born only to work for a piece of bread, to await the pains of death, and steadily through all life to despond. Reason might be right; yet no wonder we are glad at times to defy her, to rush from under her rod and give a truant hour to Imagination - her soft, bright foe, our sweet Help, our divine Hope."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

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"...because wherever else the future leads, it leads ultimately to death, the end that is present in my beginning and in yours."

Dean Koontz, American Author

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"Why is it that the cross has become the symbol of Christianity? It is because at the cross Jesus purchased our redemptionand provided a righteousness which we could not ourselves earn."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"Do not become more useful than God."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

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"Everything at some point has been declared the root of all evil."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

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"The Bible warns [parents] against extremes in dealing with our adult children. It tells us to avoid trying to control [them] once they become adults. When children become independent, a major transition takes place: They are no longer under our authority."

"This heart within me I can feel, and I judge that it exists. This world I can touch, and I likewise judge that it exists. There ends all my knowledge, and the rest is construction. (...) Forever I shall be a stranger to myself."

"I am engaged in spiritual warfare every day. I must never let down my guard-I must keep armed."

"Who gave fire permission to burn?"

"...because wherever else the future leads, it leads ultimately to death, the end that is present in my beginning and in yours."

"Why is it that the cross has become the symbol of Christianity? It is because at the cross Jesus purchased our redemptionand provided a righteousness which we could not ourselves earn."

"Do not become more useful than God."

"Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be."

"Everything at some point has been declared the root of all evil."

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"There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being."

"Her lips touched his brain as they touched his lips, as though they were a vehicle of some vague speech and between them he felt an unknown and timid preasure, darker than the swoon of sin, softer than sound or odor."

"Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance."

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