"Religion is the basis of civil society, and the source of all good and of all comfort."
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"One thing I know, that I know nothing. This is the source of my wisdom."
"Tao is the source of both fullness and emptiness. But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness."
"There is no greater source of strength and power for me in my life than going still, being quiet and recognizing what real power is."
"A person who is severely impaired never knows his hidden sources of strength until he is treated like a normal human being and encouraged to shape his own life."
"It seems to me that responsiveness is a better source for understanding what moral claims are and how they work upon us."
"The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness"
"Those moments in your life when you feel absolute exhilaration are moments of complete alignment with the Source within you."
"The love reflected from another person has its source in your own heart."
"The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are."
"Certainly there's a phenomenon around open source. You know free software will be a vibrant area. There will be a lot of neat things that get done there."
"I...am an evolved being who deals solely with the source of light...in all of us in our own minds. No middleman required."
"The stream is always purer at its source."
"The stream is always purer at its source. [Fr., Les choses valent toujours mieux dans leur source.]"
"Beware thoughts that come in the night. They aren't turned properly; they come in askew, free of sense and restriction, deriving from the most remote of sources."
"I've always said that I learned the English I know through two sources -- Marvel Comics and Finnegans Wake."
"Silence is a source of great strenght."
"I strongly believe in Scouting. ... It's a source of great strength to us."
"The source of our stress isn't really difficulties, circumstances and situations-it's our attitude and approach toward them."
"Reporters, even flawed reporters, should not be jailed for protecting even flawed sources."