"True wisdom comes from the overcoming of suffering and sin. All true wisdom is therefore touched with sadness."

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Source : Whittaker Chambers (2014). “Witness”, p.19, Regnery Publishing

Whittaker Chambers

#Wisdom Quotes #Sadness Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“I just went and saw 'Crazy, Stupid, Love.' Julianne Moore - I've been in love with her since 'Boogie Nights.' But also, 'The Big Lebowski.'”
“When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.”
“My first-born. All I can remember of her is how she loved the burned bottom of bread. Can you beat that?Eight children and that's all I remember.”
“Our business is not based on having information about you. Youâ€™re not our product. Our product are these, and this watch, and Macs, and so forth. And so we run a very different company. I think everyone has to ask, how do companies make their money? Follow the money. And if theyâ€™re making money mainly by collecting gobs of personal data, I think you have a right to be worried.”
“Being happy is more important than anything else.”
“Selfishness, when it is punished by the world, is mostly punished because it is connected with egotism.”
“I don't want to say everything happens for a reason but every day is lined up right next to the other one for a reason. The best you can do is do each day well with kindness and as a good person.”
“I've always been a step ahead. A lot of people haven't experienced the things I've experienced, and made me a stronger person. The life I've been exposed to has let me know what step to take and how not to go back a step. I take life one day at a time, and I prepare myself for each one of those days.”

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