"However benevolent may be the intentions of Providence, they do not always advance the happiness of the individual. Providence has always higher ends in view, and works in a pre-eminent degree on the inner feelings and disposition."

-- Wilhelm von Humboldt

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“And in doing this I advise you to send to the best manors of your lands those of your household in whom you place most confidence to be present in August at the leading of the corn, and to guard it as aforesaid.”
“Through the confessional system, the Catholic church spied upon the lives of its congregants. While Latin mass excluded most people who could not speak Latin from an understanding of the very system of thought that bound them.”
“Marriage doesn't just happen! It takes a solid set of decisions, a huge amount of skill and enormous willpower.”

Source : Neil Clark Warren (1998). “The Triumphant Marriage: 100 Extremely Successful Couples Reveal Their Secrets”, Focus on the Family Pub
“I don't owe Don King anything. I got things with my own sweat and blood. I don't know if I'll be associated with Don but I won't be a slave or puppet for him.”
“According to all the experts, it's time for me to talk about what I'm going through... I can't. I'd need a new alphabet, one made of falling, of tectonic plates shifting, of the deep devouring dark.”
“The person who prays more in public than in private reveals that he is less interested in God's approval than in human praise. Not piety but a reputation for piety is his concern.”
“In my mind, there are too many copycat web products out there that are doing the same thing.”
“Everyone's trying to reach the top. Tell me how far is it from the bottom.”

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