"In reasoning upon moral subjects, we have great occasion for candor, in order to compare circumstances, and weigh arguments with impartiality."

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Source : Nathanael Emmons (1842). “The Works of Nathanael Emmons, D.D.: With a Memoir of His Life [written by Himself]”, p.496

Nathanael Emmons

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“What I envy most about you Christians is your forgiveness; I have nobody to forgive me.”
“I didn't know it at the time, but Hitch didn't want to talk to me - he hated meeting with people he might have to reject. As it turned out, someone, maybe his agent, insisted that he interview me.”
“Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.”

Source : Isaac Bashevis Singer, Richard Burgin (1985). “Conversations with Isaac Bashevis Singer”, Doubleday Books
“What's the word for a perfectly reasonable fear of annoying idiots?”
“In very truth it is the unattained which gives zest to the commonplace and brims the cup of our daily life with keenest joy.”
“You can either go to bed satisfied with your efforts today or stressed with what you left for tomorrow. You can either work hard to take on the hill or never know what it is that people see at the top.”

Source : Joe De Sena, Jeff O'Connell (2014). “Spartan Up!: A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life”, p.96, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The one who is truly blessed is the one who wants to make everyone's dreams come true.”
“It is only after mature deliberation and thorough preparation that I have decided upon the Program of Revolution and defined the procedure of the revolution in three stages. The first is the period of military government; the second, the period of political tutelage; and the third, the period of constitutional government.”

Source : "The Three Phases of National Reconstruction". Essay by Sun Yat-sen, 1918.

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