"Above literature?' said the Queen. 'Who is above literature? You might as well say one was above humanity."

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Alan Bennett

#Queens Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Literature Quotes

“No benefit comes from a just man's prayer if he who asks for it finds more pleasure in sin than in virtue. For Samuel mourned over Saul when he sinned, but he was not able to obtain God's mercy, for his grief was not supported by the necessary change of life on the part of the sinner. Hence God put an end to the pointless grief of His servant, saying to him, 'How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel?' (I Sam. 16:1).”
“There is an utter ignorance of, and indifference to, our sufferings and privations....What care they for us, provided we be submissive, pay the taxes, furnish recruits for the Army and Navy and bless the masters who either despise or oppress or combine both? The apathy that exists respecting Ireland is worse than the national antipathy they bear us.”
“Following the well-lit path, offers little in the way of magic.”
“I don't want to make promises, not knowing what the situation's going to be three or four years out.”
“To those who are His all things are not only easy to be borne, but even to be gladly chosen. Their will is united to that will which moves heaven and earth, which gives laws to angels, and rules the courses of the world.”

Source : Henry Edward Manning, Aeterna Press (2016). “Henry Edward Manning Collection [2 Books]”, p.631, Aeterna Press
“I have learned to enjoy the ups for what they are, because those are the moments that feel like they go by the quickest.”
“Hockey is the only place where a guy can go nowadays and watch two white guys fight.”

Source : Frank Deford (1976). “The Owner”, Viking Adult
“The only weapon that we have in our hands this evening is the weapon of protest. That's all.”

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