"The truth is that history constantly presents new problems in the guise of old."

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Source : "Barbarian Sentiments - How The American Century Ends". Book by William Pfaff, Chapter 5, Nationalism, p. 155, 1989.

William Pfaff

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“The soul who is most untouched is the most like to God.”

Source : Hadewijch, Columba Hart (1980). “Hadewijch (CWS)”, p.89, Paulist Press
“You fail, and then what? Life goes on. It's only when you risk failure that you discover things.”
“I'm a big believer in you make your argument to everybody, and you do it in a way that is real and very candid. Even if people don't agree with you, they appreciate that you're telling them what you believe and they know that you care about them. That's I think a very important part of it that sometimes gets missed, is that people will be OK with you saying something they're not totally on-board with as long as they know that you believe it because you want to help them. That means you've got to care about everybody.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“To let God make us, instead of painfully trying to make ourselves; to follow the path that his love shows us, instead of through conceit or cowardice or mockery choosing another; to trust Him for our strength and fitness as the flowers do, simply giving ourselves back to Him in grateful service,â€”this is to keep the laws that give us the freedom of the city in which there is no longer any night of bewilderment or ignorance or uncertainty.”

Source : Sarah Orne Jewett (2008). “A Country Doctor”, p.238, Bantam Classics
“Conservatives cannot govern well for the same reason that vegetarians cannot prepare a world-class boeuf bourguignon: If you believe that what you are called upon to do is wrong, you are not likely to do it very well.”

Source : "Republicans: good at theatre, dreadful at governing - as we'll see tomorrow" by Michael Tomasky, www.theguardian.com. January 4, 2011.
“I think luck falls on not just the brave but also the ones who believe they belong there.”
“It is perhaps a more fortunate destiny to have a taste for collecting shells than to be born a millionaire.”
“My first kiss can be summed up in one word - unsuccessful.”

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