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Deities are invented by fallible and finite beings in the hope and desire to create immortal perfection; unfortunately, such deities only reflect their creators and inspire their followers to similar imperfections. ↗

— L.E. Modesitt Jr.

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Il n'y a de réalité que dans l'action. (There is no reality except in action.) ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

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What a lover’s heart knows let no man’s brain dispute. ↗

— Aberjhani

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As for Doing-good, that is one of the professions which are full. Moreover, I have tried it fairly, and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution. Probably I should not consciously and deliberately forsake my particular calling to do the good which society demands of me, to save the universe from annihilation; and I believe that a like but infinitely greater steadfastness elsewhere is all that now preserves it. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

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Trying is something we do when we think we can’t do something. Even if your doing is not as perfect as you would like, decide to do it, and you will. -- Lady Nimrod of Buckmore in The Princelings and the Lost City ↗

— Jemima Pett

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‎Every opportunity missed is an opportunity for regret ↗

— Karl Kloppenborg

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Humankind spends so much time admiring and ritualizing the inventions of humankind! And yet humankind is such a tiny part of all there is. -- Nigel S. Hey, Wonderment(Matador, 2012) ↗

— Nigel Hey

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We sinned for no reason but an incomprehensible lack of love, and He saved us for no reason but an incomprehensible excess of love. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

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We are all born to love people and use things. Unfortunately, we grow to love things and use people... ↗

— T. Rafael Cimino

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Some want to live within the sound Of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop, Within a yard of hell. ↗

— C.T. Studd

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