A man full of faith is simply one who has lost the capacity for clear and realistic thought.
H. L. MenckenRead
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A man full of faith is simply one who has lost the capacity for clear and realistic thought.
I lost 200lb to wear suits by Hedi Slimane
In achieving the depersonalization of childbirth and at the same time solving the problem of pain, our society may have lost more than it has gained. We are left with the physical husk; the transcending significance has been drained away.
One of the saddest things about US education is that the wisdom of our most successful teachers is lost to the profession when they retire.
Whatever you lost through fate, be certain that it saved you from pain.
Never does a person see any beauty in Christ as a Savior, until they discover that they are a lost and ruined sinner.
To great sections of the church the art of worship has been lost entirely, and in its place has come that strange and foreign thing called the 'program.' This word has been borrowed from the stage and applied with sad wisdom to the type of public service which now passes for worship among us.
Let that day be lost to us on which we did not dance once!
The rain will stop, the night will end, the hurt will fade. Hope is never so lost that it can't be found.
If there is love, there is hope that one may have real families, real brotherhood, real equanimity, real peace. If the love within your mind is lost and you see other beings as enemies, then no matter how much knowledge or education or material comfort you have, only suffering and confusion will ensue.
America has an almost obscene infatuation with itself. Has there ever been a big, powerful country that is as patriotic as America? And patriotic in the tinniest way, with so much flag waving? You'd really think we were some poor little republic, and that if one person lost his religion for one hour, the whole thing would crumble. America is the real religion in this country.
And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. But more than that: After 200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true on the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home.
Ah! what avails it me the flocks to keep,_x000D_ _x000D_ Who lost my heart while I preserv'd my sheep.
Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!
No matter how successful I become as a playwright, my mother would be thrilled to hear me tell her that I'd just lost twenty pounds, gotten married and become a lawyer.
Be compassionate to everyone. Don't just search for whatever it is that annoys and frightens you-see beyond those things to the basic human being. Especially see the child in the man or woman. Even if they are destroying you, allow a moment to see how lost in their own delusion and suffering they are.
The best of all things is to learn. Money can be lost or stolen, health and strength may fail, but what you have committed to your mind is yours forever.
Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom, and then lost it, have never known it again.
A little neglect may breed great mischief. ... For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; for want of a horse, the battle was lost; for want of the battle, the war was lost.
Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.
Who can undo_x000D_ _x000D_ What time hath done? Who can win back the wind?_x000D_ _x000D_ Reckon lost music from a broken lute?_x000D_ _x000D_ Renew the redness of a last year's rose?_x000D_ _x000D_ Or dig the sunken sunset from the deep?
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