"The spiritual combat in which we kill our passions to put on the new man is the most difficult struggle of all. We must never weary of this combat, but fight the holy fight fervently and perseveringly."

-- Nilus of Sinai

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“After a long time, I cleared my throat. â€œSo anyway, when we get to Nevada...I think we should rethink your dadâ€™s rule.â€ Alex glanced down at me and smiled â€“ the first real smile Iâ€™d seen on his face in a long time. â€œYou know what? Itâ€™s already been rethought and completely ditched,â€ he said. And he wrapped his arms around me and we stood looking up at the mountains, with the rising rays of the sun lighting them from the east.”

Source : L.A. Weatherly (2011). “Angel Fire: The Angel Trilogy”, p.345, Usborne Publishing Ltd
“Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.”
“I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.”
“Itâ€™s one thing to have guts; itâ€™s another to be crazy.”
“America is the greatest, freest and most decent society in existence. It is an oasis of goodness in a desert of cynicism and barbarism. This country, once an experiment unique in the world, is now the last best hope for the world.”

Source : Dinesh D'Souza (2012). “What's So Great About America”, p.140, Regnery Publishing
“For every scientific (or engineering) action, there is an equal and opposite social reaction.”
“I don't gamble at all, all my life. I am only interested in sports.”

Source : "Hong Kong Business Tycoon Stanley Ho TalkAsia Interview Transcript". Interview With Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. October 2, 2004.
“There has got to be a point that exists somewhere, when a rational person just has to shake his head and say: 'You know what? Maybe all the crack-pots are right!'”

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