Miguel de Unamuno Quotes
What is certain is that for thinking believers to-day, faith is, before all and above all, wishing that God may exist.
Miguel de Unamuno
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I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
e. e. cummings
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While we may lose heart, we never have to lose hope.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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When I was a kid, I was surrounded by girls: older sisters, older girl cousins just down the street... except for an older boy named Vito who threw rocks. Each year I would wish for a baby brother. It never happened.
Wally Lamb
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Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.
P. D. James
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Strive to attain to the greater virtues, but do not neglect the lesser ones. Do not make light of a fall even if it be the most venial of faults; rather, be quick to repair it by repentance, although many others may commit a large number of faults, slight and grievous, and remain unrepentant.
Saint Basil
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Most of the things that really matter require faith. 'How do I know that my wife loves me?' 'How do I know that Mozart's 'Jupiter Symphony' is sublime and beautiful?' There are all sorts of things which come at a more lowly level than that - 'How do I know that two plus two equals four?' There are different layers, different types of knowing.
N. T. Wright
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Gorillas may seem terrifying because of their bodies, but they are really magnificent and very gentle.
K. A. Applegate
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Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person.
Walter Kaufmann
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We used to have front-row seats for the Grand Opera House pantomime every year, and once the dame May McFettridge got me up on-stage.
Rachel Tucker
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You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi
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A man may fulfill the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
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Who may be called a paramahamsa? He who, like a swan, can take the milk from a mixture of milk and water, leaving aside the water. He who, like an ant, can take the sugar from a mixture of sugar and sand, leaving aside the sand.
Ramakrishna
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'Yisgadal, veyiskadash, shmey raba...May His name be celebrated and sanctified...' whispered my father.For the first time, I felt anger rising within me. Why should I sanctify His name? The Almighty, the eternal and terrible Master of the Universe, chose to be silent. What was there to thank Him for?
Elie Wiesel
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I may be going to Heaven or Hell, but I'll be going from Jackson.
Medgar Evers
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School after Labor Day is now the law of the land in Maryland.
Larry Hogan
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I tend to lean toward romance, characters, and relationships when I write, so I have to add to the setting elements and world-building when I revise.
Wendy Higgins
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What is certain is that for thinking believers to-day, faith is, before all and above all, wishing that God may exist.
Miguel de Unamuno
