"People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice."

-- Charles Bukowski

#Life Quotes #Anger Quotes #Thought Provoking Quotes

“A man after God's own heart is... a man who yearns to please God, a man who desires to grow spiritually, a man who had a heart that obeys.”

Source : Jim George (2015). “A Young Man After God's Own Heart: A Teen's Guide to a Life of Extreme Adventure”, p.50, Harvest House Publishers
“Gardener's , like everyone else, live second by second and minute by minute. What we see at one particular moment is then and there before us. But there is a second way of seeing. Seeing with the eye of memory, not the eye of our anatomy, calls up days and seasons past and years gone by.”
“With all respect to Mr. Jefferson, I would put the pursuit of wisdom ahead of the pursuit of happiness.”
“WHAT WE NEED IN AMERICA TODAY IS A VIGOROUS RETURN TO THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS AND A MOST VIGOROUS DEFENSE AGAINST THE MINION OF GODLESSNESS AND ATHEISM.”
“Attitude is tremendously important in chasing success - in any field of endeavour. That's why I believe talent alone will get you very little in this world.”
“...God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance...”
“If there is a pattern, it will come back - maybe in Russia more than anywhere else, because it has collapsed so many times. Maybe less so here in the States, because here the society is so young.”

Source : "A Tolstoy Speaks, And Russia Listens". Interview with Celestine Bohlen, www.nytimes.com. January 11, 2003.
“Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. As in other sciences, so in politics, it is impossible that all things should be precisely set down in writing; for enactments must be universal, but actions are concerned with particulars. Hence we infer that sometimes and in certain cases laws may be changed;”

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