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"Until we establish a felt sense of kinship between our own species and those fellow mortals who share with us the sun and shadow of life on this agonized planet, there is no hope for other species, there is no hope for the environment, and there is no hope for ourselves."
"This is why true beauty never strikes us directly. The setting sun is beautiful because of all it makes us lose."
"The sun never sets. It is only an appearance due to the observer's limited perspective. And yet, what a sublime illusion it is."
"No Ideas original - there is nothing new under the sun."
"I find that all my thoughts circle around God like the planets around the sun, and are as irresistibly attracted by Him. I would feel it to be the grossest sin if I were to oppose any resistance to this force."
"Let us make hay while the sun shines."
"The sun is gone, but I have a light."
"The diameter of the earth is greater than the diameter of the moon and the diameter of the sun is greater than the diameter of the earth."
"The gates of monarchs Are arched so high that giants may jet through And keep their impious turbans on without Good morrow to the sun."
"If we are the greatest nation the sun ever shone upon, it would seem to be mainly because we have been able to goad our wage-earners to this pitch of frenzy."
"Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better. As the great Sun Tzu said: “When you know yourself and your opponent, you will win every time. When you know yourself but not your opponent, you will win one and lose one. However, when you do not know yourself or your opponent, you will be imperiled every time."
"Ive seen the meanness of humans till I dont know why God aint put out the sun and gone away."
"Fly, on your way, like an eagle / Fly as high as the Sun."
"True faith will no more fail to produce [good works] than the sun can cease to give light."
"You are my sun, my moon, and all my stars."
"God is like the sun. When the sun shines, it shines for everyone. God is for everyone."
"Whether we wake or we sleep, Whether we carol or weep, The Sun with his Planets in chime, Marketh the going of Time."
"Warm summer sun, shine kindly here."
"Get a sun lamp to keep you looking as if you have just come back from somewhere expensive."
"If you can't be a sun, be a star. For it isn't by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are."
