"Why do people have memories? It would be easier to die - anything to stop remembering."

-- Vasily Grossman

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“Prayer is the only adequate way to multiply our efforts fast enough to reap the harvest God desires.”

Source : Wesley L. Duewel (1986). “Touch the World Through Prayer”, p.18, Zondervan
“When you want to attract something into your life, make sure your actions donâ€™t contradict your desires.. Think about what you have asked for, and make sure that your actions are mirroring what you expect to receive, and that theyâ€™re not contradicting what youâ€˜ve asked for. Act as if you are receiving it. Do exactly what you would do if you were receiving it today, and take actions in your life to reflect that powerful expectation. Make room to receive your desires, and as you do, you are sending out that powerful signal of expectation.”
“Whether sociology can ever become a full-fledged "science" (a description of a class of events predictable on the basis of deductions from a constant ra~onale) depends on whether the terms which sociologists employ to describe events can be analyzed into quantifiable observables.”
“Do not say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders, so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.”
“You dont know what you do, everytime you walk into the room-- I'm afraid to move.”

Source : Song: True, Album: Take It All Away, 2004
“If forced to travel on an airplane, try and get in the cabin with the Captain, so you can keep an eye on him and nudge him if he falls asleep or point out any mountains looming up ahead ...”
“The main achievement of economics is that it has provided a theory of peaceful human cooperation. This is why the harbingers of violent conflict have branded it as a dismal science and why this age of wars, civil wars, and destruction has no use for it.”
“If you're going to put yourself above everybody else, you might end up alone.”

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