Isaac Hecker famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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This is life's greatest moment, when the soul unfolds capacities which reach beyond earth's boundaries.
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Our religious needs are our deepest needs. There is no peace till they are satisfied and contented. The attempt to stifle them is in vain. If their cry be drowned by the noise of the world, they do not cease to exist. They must be answered.
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Religion is the answer to that cry of Reason which nothing can silence, that aspiration of the soul which no created thing can meet, that want of the heart which all creation cannot supply.
-- Isaac Hecker
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The things that make me different are the things that make me.
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Oh when I was in love with you, Then I was clean and brave, And miles around the wonder grew How well did I behave. And now the fancy passes by, And nothing will remain, And miles around they'll say that I Am quite myself again.
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If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.
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The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.
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Music knows no barrier of age or culture. It isn’t about being politically correct or even making a statement. Music is what appeals to the ears and touches your soul.
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I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise
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I just bared my soul to you and all I get is an ‘okay’?
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As barbaric is we are, it's a miracle we haven't blown ourselves off the face of the earth so far.
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A rich man's faults are covered with money, but a surgeon's faults are covered with earth.
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I'm just a down-to-earth guy.
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