Isaac of Nineveh Quotes
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I make sure to use my life for that which can be of goodwill. It has fortified me spiritually and emotionally.
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In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern.
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This will be my last year, Lord. I have gotten what I can. Thank You.
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Well, we're living in a material world, and I'm a material girl... or boy.
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Beauty with character ages better than perfection.
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In every age and every generation, men have envisioned a promised land. Some may have envisioned it with the wrong ideology, with the wrong philosophical presupposition. But men in every generation thought in terms of some promised land.
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A wise ruler should rely on what is under his own control, not on what is under the control of others.
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It sounds funny, but my biggest fear is that I'm not perfect. I'm a perfectionist, and I get upset when things go wrong or when I don't do well. I used to be very uptight, but I've learned to loosen up.
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I sort of feel I'm only as good as the last record I made. I was on as soon as I finish it I immediately put it aside and move on to the next project.
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Harriet van Horne He makes love to me expertly, mechanically, coldly... He's pressing all my buttons, as if I were a pocket calculator.
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The reason why people wear pajamas to the airport in the first place is so that they’ll be comfortable during their flight. But you know, typically, air travel is 50 to 75 percent of the time you spend traveling. The rest of the time you spend in public places like airports and around other people. That’s when looking good trumps comfort.
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A fellow gets to thinking. About all the sorrow and afflictions in this world; how it's liable to strike anywhere, like lightning.
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...your God is a trinity. There are three necessary prayers and they have three words each. They are these, 'Lord, have mercy. Thee I adore. Into Thy hands.' Not difficult to remember. If in times of distress you hold to these, you will do well.
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It takes my breath away that they do this with volunteers.
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Think of me as an impetuous Hegel, drunk with power, and also, regular drunk.
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Afflictions for God's sake are dearer to Him than any prayer or sacrifice.
