"Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter."

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Source : Oliver Goldsmith (1842). “The Select Works of Oliver Goldsmith: In One Volume. With the Portrait of the Author..”, p.273

Oliver Goldsmith

#Real Quotes #Evil Quotes #Encounters Quotes

“So, I was always frustrated having to write and having to cut things. Why should you have to cut anything?”
“I think there is no better way to invite a human being to view their body differently than by inviting them to be an athlete, by revering one's body as an instrument rather than just an ornament.”
“With respect to the environment in our state and our state's future - in addition to water which is very important here - I think it is crucial for him to make a sincere commitment to energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, by helping us to produce those cars of the future”
“Every one of us needs a home. The world needs a home. There are so many young people who are homeless. They may have a building to live in, but they are homeless in their hearts. That is why the most important practice of our time is to give each person a home.”
“You cannot make a mistake, you can only make a decision that will be your next best step.”
“I like looking at the finger of God. Why it takes one and not another, why this one or that one, why now or why then. The finger of God is always on us. When you get older and you see your friends dying around you, you say "Why not me?" That machine is always there.”

Source : "To die is very strange". Interview with Caia Hagel, logger.believermag.com. March 12, 2014.
“My soul has made its greatest growth as I have been driven to my knees by adversity and affliction.”

Source : Marion G. Romney (1971). “Look to God and live: discourses of Marion G. Romney”
“The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.”

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