"Being in Christ, it is safe to forget the past; it is possible to be sure of the future; it is possible to be diligent in the present."

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Source : Alexander Maclaren (1869). “Sermons preached in Manchester”, p.57

Alexander MacLaren

#Past Quotes #Safe Quotes #Forget Quotes

“I never imagined that the Free Software Movement would spawn a watered-down alternative, the Open Source Movement, which would become so well-known that people would ask me questions about 'open source' thinking that I work under that banner.”
“Everybody is different and I think that we live in a material world. But for me, possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal. Whatever I own is temporary, since we're only here for a short period of time. It's what we do and produce, it's our actions, that will last forever. That's real value.”

Source : "Homeless Billionaire Shuns 'Unsatisfying' Material Possessions Despite $5 Billion Worth" by Jim Gardner, www.christianpost.com. October 4, 2012.
“I need to remember to overcome.”
“The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully.”
“I have good pronunciation no matter what language I speak. Maybe itâ€™s because my specialties are rapping and imitating others”
“Everyone is isolated from everyone else. The concept of society is like a cushion to protect us from the knowledge of that isolation. A fiction that serves as an anesthetic.”

Source : Paul Bowles, Gena Dagel Caponi (1993). “Conversations with Paul Bowles”, Univ Pr of Mississippi
“There is only one thing I want. I would like to be seriously ill, and to hear nothing more about him for at least a week. Why doesn't something happen to me? Why do I have to go through all this? If only I had never set eyes on him!”
“A lot of it [success] is luck. That's a huge part of it that no one wants to talk about. You just got to be in the right place at the right time.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

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