William Golding Quotes
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I'm not too good at lying still in the sun.
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Now Heaven and Earth are older than the temples, and older than the Scriptures.
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Many fans were surprised when they learned that the little girl in drama 'Stairway To Heaven' was me.
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I'm not afraid of death. What's to fear? Once you're dead, that's it. Nothing. I don't believe in heaven or hell. That's baloney. What matters is the here and now. Yes, I'm 88, and there are things I can't do: I can't run a race or climb Everest. But isn't life magnificent?
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Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand!
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Great indeed is the sublimity of the Creative, to which all beings owe their beginning and which permeates all heaven.
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I'm almost incapable of lying. I'd be a terrible spy.
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The kingdom of heaven is like electricity. You don't see it. It is within you.
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I want to make it to Heaven and be as good an influence on others as I can in that process.
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In the West, anything that must be hidden is suspect; availability and honesty are interlinked. This clashes irreconcilably with Islam, where the things that are most precious, most perfect and most holy are always hidden: the Kaaba, the faces of prophets and angels, a woman's body, Heaven.
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Heaven knows where I'll end up - but it's a safe bet that I'll never be at the top of anything! Nor do I particularly care to be.
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Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
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Trees are Earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
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Heaven is a state of mind, not a location, since Spirit is everywhere and in everything.
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If you had told me I'd be making 62 tomorrow, I'd say you were lying.
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An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
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Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.
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The question of Heaven, the question of what happens after death, is one which a lot of people in our culture try to put off as long as they can, but sooner or later it suddenly swings round and looks them in the eye.
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What are we waiting for? Why is Jesus waiting in heaven at the right hand of the Father? Who is He waiting for? He is waiting for you and me to become mature, for the Bride of Christ to become mature, so that He can come again. Did you know that God has done everything He can do? If anything else is going to be done, we're going to do it.
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Even the village rain-maker no longer claimed to be able to intervene. He could not stop the rain now, just as he would not attempt to start it in the heart of the dry season, without serious danger to his own health.
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The moment the slave resolves that he will no longer be a slave, his fetters fall. ... Freedom and slavery are mental states. Therefore, the first thing to say to yourself: 'I shall no longer accept the role of a slave. I shall not obey orders as such but shall disobey them when they are in conflict with my conscience'.'
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The most beautiful motion is that which accomplishes the greatest results with the least amount of effort.
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Heaven lies around us in our infancy.
