"Nothing, indeed, could be more unlike the tone of the [Patristic] Fathers, than the cold, passionless, and prudential theology of the eighteenth century; a theology which regarded Christianity as an admirable auxiliary to the police force, and a principle of decorum and of cohesion in society, but which carefully banished from it all enthusiasm, veiled or attenuated all its mysteries, and virtually reduced it to an authoritative system of moral philosophy."

-- William Edward Hartpole Lecky

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“In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound awareness of the sanctity and dignity of every human life, regardless of race or religion.”
“Wish I could spin my world into reverse just to have you back again”

Source : Song: Gettin' Over, Album: One Love, 2009
“Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe in little or nothing, and so they give their lives to little or nothing. One life is all we have, and we live it as we believe in living itâ€¦and then itâ€™s gone. But to surrender who you are and to live without belief is more terrible than dying â€“ even more terrible than dying young.”
“Britain loves a bargain, but you don't get good, lasting architecture on the cheap.”
“Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend.”

Source : "Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey". Documentary, Action, Biography, 2000.
“The chief thing that separates us from God is the thought that we are separated from God.”

Source : Thomas Keating (2002). “Open Mind, Open Heart: The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel”, p.44, A&C Black
“Jean Kirkpatrick [is] the chief sadist-in-residence of the Reagan Administration”
“What is the Geneva Convention on wars! I have never read it.”

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