"I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and women trample themselves and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amidst the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail."

-- Charles A. Beard

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“I always say writing fiction isn't something you teach. It's something you do, and only experimentation - i.e. doing it, either badly or good sometimes - can help anybody get any better or worse at it.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The man who has made God his dwelling place will always have a safe habitation.”
“April, April Laugh thy girlish laughter; Then, the moment after, Weep thy girlish tears.”

Source : Poems (1905) vol. 1, "Song"
“People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.”

Source : "'De l'Art de persuader' ('On the Art of Persuasion')". Book by Blaise Pascal, 1658.
“Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration with exposition needs a great push. People ask me: 'What will convert America and save the world?' My answer is prayer. What we need is for every parish to come before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament in holy hours of prayer.”
“Complacency by the watchdogs hurts both taxpayers and beneficiaries.”
“Dissent... is a right essential to any concept of the dignity and freedom of the individual; it is essential to the search for truth in a world wherein no authority is infallible.”

Source : "The Quotable Rebel" by Teishan Latner, p. 360., 2005.
“He can stop me in my tracks, but he can't make me do someting I don't want to”

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