Soren Kierkegaard Quotes
Affliction is able to drown out every earthly voice. . . but the voice of eternity within a person it cannot drown.
Soren Kierkegaard
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Before we start filming, I have a strong idea of the look and the feel that I want to create, and I'm happy to explore any means that will help me achieve that.
Daniel Barber
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I see that already in this present world I am exalted above measure by the Lord. And I was not worthy nor such a one as that he should grant this to me, since I know most surely that poverty and affliction become me better than delights and riches.
Saint Patrick
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I find that women... deal with immigration differently. And I'm interested in that.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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And after ye have obtained a hope in Christ ye shall obtain riches, if ye seek them; and ye will seek them for the intent to do good-to clothe the naked, and to feed the hungry, and to liberate the captive, and administer relief to the sick and the afflicted.
L. Tom Perry
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Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, And thou art wedded to calamity.
William Shakespeare
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In the midst of the affliction He counsels, strengthens confirms, nourishes, and favors us.... More over, when we have repented, He instantly remits the sins as well as the punishments. In the same manner parents ought to handle their children.
Martin Luther
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Tears that are shed in time of affliction are rarely tears of penitence, but more likely they are shed out of self pity and pain or sorrow.
John Calvin
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I might enjoy being an albatross, being able to glide for days and daydream for hundreds of miles along the thermals. And then being able to hang like an affliction round some people's necks.
Seamus Heaney
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Inflamed by greed, incensed by hate, confused by delusion, overcome by them, obsessed by mind, a man chooses for his own affliction, for others' affliction, for the affliction of both and experiences pain and grief.
Gautama Buddha
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The Lord does not measure out our afflictions according to our faults, but according to our strength, and looks not what we have deserved, but what we are able to bear.
Paul Banks
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No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, God will never desert us, He never has, and He never will.
George Q. Cannon
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It is a kind and wise arrangement of Providence that weaves our sorrows into the elements of character and that all the disappointments, and conflicts, and afflictions of life may, if rightly used, become the means of improvement, and create in us the sinews of strength.... the dross is left in the crucible, the baser metals are transmuted, and the character is enriched with gold.
William Morley Punshon
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If I'm talking to you, I can't see you, but I can see inside of you and what you're thinking. That's a mixed blessing.
James Timothy Shaw
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Our enlightened posterity will look back upon us who eat oxen and sheep, just as we look upon cannibals.
William Winwood Reade
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I was quite small as a kid and maybe a little afraid physically. When I grew into myself, the realisation changed. That when you hurt yourself, it's transient; it doesn't stay forever.
Brian O'Driscoll
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Gentleness is the ability to bear reproaches and slights with moderation, and not to embark on revenge quickly, and not to be easily provoked to anger, but be free from bitterness and contentiousness, having tranquility and stability in the spirit.
Aristotle
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The loser is usually the one who is ready to lose.
Fight, overcome difficulties, control your emotions – and you will win.
Aleksandr Karelin
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Affliction is able to drown out every earthly voice. . . but the voice of eternity within a person it cannot drown.
Soren Kierkegaard
