If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ~Abe Fortas
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Sometimes the personality or just the particular process of a director can really affect your quality of life as a composer in terms of how much time you spend away from your family or the amount of time you spend doing the type of work that you maybe don't consider as fun to do as other type of work. ~Christophe Beck
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Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice. ~Tom Robbins
#quotes #tom-robbins #world

Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ~Gaston Bachelard
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
#quotes #corey-ford #animals #dog

A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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Virtue is its own reward. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
#quotes #abraham-lincoln #silence

The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
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Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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An angry man is full of poison. ~Confucius
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Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. ~J.R. Ward
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A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring. ~Jane Fonda
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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