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"For how can a man stand, unless he have something sure under his feet. Can a man tread the unstable water all his life, and call that standing? Better give in and drown at once."
"Their whole life depends on spending money, and now they’ve got none to spend. That’s our civilization and our education: bring up the masses to depend entirely on spending money, and then the money gives out."
"Bravely overcoming one small fear gives you the courage to take on the next."
"Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter."
"For in self-giving, if anywhere, we touch a rhythm not only of all creation but of all being."
"Need-love says of a woman "I cannot live without her"; Gift-love longs to give her happiness, comfort, protection - if possible, wealth; Appreciative love gazes and holds its breath and is silent, rejoices that such a wonder should exist even if not for him, will not be wholly dejected by losing her, would rather have it so than never to have seen her at all."
"This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted."
"You must have a capacity to receive, or even omnipotence can't give."
"What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task. This is the price and the promise of citizenship."
"You naturally love those who are dear to you, and you must learn to give that kind of love to the whole world."
"Remember this: When I am gone, only love can take my place. Be absorbed night and day in the love of God, and give that love to all."
"You cannot receive what you don't give. Outflow determines inflow. Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you already have, but unless you allow it to flow out, you won't even know that you have it. This includes abundance."
"Lord, protect our decisions, because making Decision is a way of praying. Give us the courage after our doubts, to be able to choose between one road and another. May our YES always be a YES and our NO always be a NO. Once we have chosen our road, may we never look back nor allow our soul to be eaten away by remorse. And in order for this to be possible."
"When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the wound to heal."
"I love people. I wanted to be with the people. I wanted to give something back what I get from football, because God gave everything to me."
"To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve."
"Ease and speed in doing a thing do not give the work lasting solidity or exactness of beauty."
"Give me a different set of mothers and I will give you a different world"
"Most people who are activists and are concerned about issues get their information from sources which reinforce their opinions and give them the facts that they want to hear."
"Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite"
