Antonin Sertillanges Quotes
Very often, gleams of light come in a few minutes' sleeplessness, in a second perhaps; you must fix them. To entrust them to the relaxed brain is like writing on water; there is every chance that on the morrow there will be no slightest trace left of any happening.
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Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
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I think that the fact that a relationship becomes public is a bit of a bummer. Because it can distract from the real reason why you're together, which is that you just like each other.
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The green things of this world are just wondrous, aren’t they?” his mother went on. “We work so hard to get rid of them when sometimes they’re the very thing that saves us.
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Without a clear perception of his reasons for living, man will never consent to live, and will rather destroy himself than tarry on earth, though he be surrounded with bread".
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I've always felt that long, slow distance produces long, slow runners.
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“However, family and friends can be in a financial or emotional conflict of interest with the welfare of an incompetent patient.”
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Cooperation will save the future. And America should lead it. Every time humanity has been in danger of extinguishing itself, our consciousness and our conscience have led us to come together. That's the big issue of the 21st century.
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I feel that I'm solid at description.
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You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing.
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We live in a digital world, but we're fairly analog creatures.
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I would suggest the taxation of all property equally, whether church or corporation, exempting only the last resting place of the dead and possibly, with proper restrictions, church edifices.
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Maybe it's just me being lazy but I just don't like describing my music or style or anything, I just like letting people interpret it.
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It was a bizarre happening, an unprecedented situation, a grotesque situation, an almost unbelievable mischance.
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Very often, gleams of light come in a few minutes' sleeplessness, in a second perhaps; you must fix them. To entrust them to the relaxed brain is like writing on water; there is every chance that on the morrow there will be no slightest trace left of any happening.
