"I know this, and I know it from actual experience in the Orient, that the progress of modern Christian civilization has largely depended on the earnest hard work of the Christian missions of every denomination."

-- William Howard Taft

#Christian Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #Civilization Quotes

“The most important thing you ever did was learn how to survive. Do not let anyone make you feel like you shouldn't have.”
“Mike Bloomberg may be a Republican these days. But he has been a Democrat for most of his adult life.”
“Upon death the believer goes immediately into the presence of Christ in heaven, a realm far better than this earth. Heaven is our true home.”
“I just think you would never kill and cut up a human to wear so why do it to animals? I just think it's horrible, I would never wear fur, although I guess if it was a really vintage piece you might just get away with it.”
“One might say that "Torch Song" is, in part, about the urgency of the effort to pin things down and what wild dart throwing that desire leads to.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“So why don't we make ourselves the last generation on earth? If we would all agree to have ourselves sterilized then no sacrifices would be required - we could party our way into extinction!”
“The man whose nature is such that by one path alone his chief desire will reach consummation will try to find it on that path, whatever it may be, and whatever the world thinks of it; and if he does not, he is contemptible.”

Source : "Francis Herbert Bradley". Journal of Philosophy, 1925.
“Sometimes when you've had a long series of disappointing things happen, you can get into the very bad habit of just expecting more of what you've already had.”

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