"But I say to you, the Lord says, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, pray for those who persecute you. Why did he command these things? So that he might free you from hatred, sadness, anger and grudges, and might grant you the greatest possession of all, perfect love, which is impossible to possess except by the one who loves all equally in imitation of God."

-- Maximus the Confessor

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“A compilation of what outstanding people said or wrote at the age of 20 would make a collection of asinine pronouncements.”
“The libertarian thinks that this world is chiefly a stage for the swaggering ego; the conservative finds himself instead a pilgrim in a realm of mystery and wonder, where duty, discipline, and sacrifice are required-and where the reward is that love which passeth all understanding.”

Source : Russell Kirk (2014). “The Essential Russell Kirk: Selected Essays”, p.275, Open Road Media
“Imagine what you'd do if it absolutely didn't matter what people thought of you. Got it? Good. Never go back.”

Source : "10 life lessons you should unlearn" by Martha Beck, www.cnn.com. May 5, 2010.
“It was like discovering that some part of you wasn't yours at all. And it made me wonder what else I couldn't claim.”
“The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising.”
“The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.”
“From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past.”
“The Declaration of Independence I always considered as a theatrical show. Jefferson ran away with all the stage effect of that... and all the glory of it.”

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