"Humility is the altar upon which God wishes that we should offer Him His sacrifices."
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"When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion."
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"Love must be the first thought and the last thought of the day, if you wish to live in peace and happiness."
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"The wish to pray is a prayer in itself."
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"The fundamental flaw of vulgar thought lies in the fact that it wishes to content itself with motionless imprints of a reality which consists of eternal motion."
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"I wish I hadn't cried so much!” said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears !"
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"One must renounce the bad taste of wishing to agree with many people."
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"one does not only wish to be understood when one writes; one wishes just as surely not to be understood."
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"If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants"
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"If you're successful, acting is about as soft a job as anybody could ever wish for. But if you're unsuccessful it's worse than having a skin disease."
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"I wish everyone could experience being rich and famous, so they'd see it wasn't the answer to anything."
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"Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment."
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"I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men."
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"Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish."
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"I wish people would love everybody else the way they love me. It would be a better world."
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"Imaginative, sanguine men will never recognize that in negotiations the most dangerous moment of all is when everything is moving according to their wishes."
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"I only suggest to you: Will you dwell on killing this man? You wish for revenge? If you do, he has already killed you by slow poison. So, let it go. Why waste your time? His life will see to his death."
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"I wish you'd help me look into a more interesting problem - namely, my sanity."
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"The wish precedes the event, the will accompanies it."
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"In the present circumstances, no one can afford to assume that someone else will solve their problems. Every individual has a responsibility to help guide our global family in the right direction. Good wishes are not sufficient; we must become actively engaged."
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