Arsenius the Great Quotes
Strive with all your might to bring your interior activity into accord with God, and you will overcome exterior passions.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't think Cheney started off in 2000 with a burning desire to become vice-president. I think the prospect gradually became more appealing, and he goosed the process.
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Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
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Change is inevitable. Things absolutely cannot stay the same. The type of change we invoke is up to each and every one of us.
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Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.
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If you aren't taking a representative sample, you won't get a representative snapshot.
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After God and my family, it's surf. I don't imagine me not surfing. Surf brings me smile every day.
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In India, you see the way they embrace color in the culture - it's very celebratory of the existence of color. There's no rule of what color belongs together or doesn't belong together. They're not precious about it. It's very full-on.
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I've spent a lot of time self-reflecting. Especially as an actor, you have to know yourself really well in order to do things effectively. And when I dress, I dress for me. I don't dress to make other people think that I'm this way or that way.
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It’s very hard to prosper in this modern economy if you haven’t fully unleashed the potential of your people. And your people’s potential, in part, derives from their ability to express themselves and express new ideas, to try to right wrongs that are taking place in the society.
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Government is good at one thing: It knows how to break your legs, hand you a crutch, and say, 'See, if it weren't for the government, you wouldn't be able to walk.'
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We are all made of air There's stars in my eyes and there's sun in my hair And I'm runnin' away, it makes me feel better
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Wisdom is, I suppose, the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.
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You need three or five hands to play Ligeti.
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The process was remarkably cathartic. I'd sit and listen to my father's voice - having not heard some of these tapes for 30 years and hearing his voice laying me down for a nap, our giggles and cooking dinner - and I remembered all those wonderful days. Normal days.
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I run into so many people who also have psoriasis and share the same feelings as I had. I tell them that it's about being your own boss and of not settling until they find whatever it is that works for them and they have their life look the way they want it to.
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The main reason he wanted to be a recording artist was because it gives you much more freedom in your writing. You only have to please the artist and the artist is you so you can be more daring and experimental.
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When you look around Silicon Valley at new companies, there are very few ideas that are going to make a dent in the universe.
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Is this still the White House's stated and actual policy?
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What would your prayers look like if you believed that the cross really was the measure of God's compassion for someone?
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When I put God first, God takes care of me and energizes me to do what really needs to be done.
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For those interested in Reformed thought more broadly, I'd recommend Peter Leithart's recent book on Reformed Catholicism entitled, The End of Protestantism: Pursuing Unity in a Fragmented Church (Brazos Press, 2016), as a thought-provoking and stimulating read that should get us all thinking about the future shape of the Church, wherever we come from.
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Strive with all your might to bring your interior activity into accord with God, and you will overcome exterior passions.
