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Tree It is foolish to let a young redwood grow next to a house. Even in this one lifetime, you will have to choose. That great calm being, this clutter of soup pots and books-- Already the first branch-tips brush at the window. Softly, calmly, immensity taps at your life. ↗

— Jane Hirshfield

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Johannes had once said that violence and cruelty were just a stupid person's way of making himself felt, because it was easer to use your hands to strike a blow than to use your brain to find a logical and just solution to the problem. ↗

— Anne Holm

#i-am-david #life #smart #stupidity #violence

Fools, their wisdom weak, are their own enemies as they go through life, doing evil that bears bitter fruit. ↗

— Juan Mascaró

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Quand on parle des vices d’un homme, si on vous dit : “Tout le monde le dit” ne le croyez pas ; si l’on parle de ses vertus en vous disant encore : “Tout le monde le dit”, croyez-le. ↗

— François-René de Chateaubriand

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The ultimate difference between God's wisdom and man's wisdom is how they relate to the glory of God's grace in Christ crucified. God's wisdom makes the glory of God's grace our supreme treasure. But man's wisdom delights in seeing himself as resourceful, self-sufficient, self determining, and not utterly dependent on God's free grace. ↗

— John Piper

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لو كان العقل على قدر كلام الرجل، لكان الثرثار أكبر الناس عقلاً، ولو كان العلم على قدر حفظ المسائل لكان التلميذ أوسع من أستاذه علماً، ولو كان الجاه على قدر الفضائل لما كان للأشرار نفوذ، ولو كان المال على قدر العقل لكان أغنى الناس الحكماء، وأفقر الناس السفهاء، ولو كان الخلود على قدر نفع الناس لما خلد السفاحون والطغاة وأكثر الملوك والزعماء. ↗

— مصطفى السباعي

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ربما كان في وسع الارادة القوية أن تتيح لنا أكثر من مستقبل واحد ولكننا لن يكون لنا-مهما اوتينا من إرادة- إلا ماض واحد لا مفر منه ولا مهرب. ↗

— نجيب محفوظ

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Christ is in me...Christ is my life, this is why i live the higher life...and the reason why i am more than a conqueror! ↗

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

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Where lowland is, that's where water goes. All medicine wants is pain to cure. ↗

— Rumi

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Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. -Albert Einstein The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of great moral conflict. Martin Luther King, Jr. ↗

— Einstein MLK

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