"Though much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we areâ€” Unyielding."

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Source : "Ulysses" l. 65 (1842)

Paullina Simons

#Inspirational Quotes #Taken Quotes #Heaven Quotes

“We live not in order to eat, but in order not to know what we feel like eating.”
“Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.”
“Meditation is all about the pursuit of nothingness...”
“If for every error and every act of incompetence one can substitute an act of treason, many points of fascinating interpretation are open to the paranoid imagination.”

Source : Richard Hofstadter (2016). “The Paranoid Style in American Politics: An Essay: from The Paranoid Style in American Politics”, p.19, Vintage
“Repentance is being sorry enough to quit your sin. You will never know the forgiving mercy of God while you are still wedded to your sins. Repentance is the soul's divorce from sin, but it will always be joined to faithRepentance that is not joined to faith is a legalistic repentanceProfessed faith that is not joined to repentance is a spurious faith, for true faith is faith in Christ to save me not in but from my sin. Repentance and faith are inseparable, and 'unless you repent you will all likewise perish' (Luke 13:3).”
“It's then that I realize: Of course Tris would go into the Weapons Lab instead of Caleb. Of course she would.”
“This searching and doubting and vacillating where nothing is clear but the arrogance of quest. I, too, had such noble ideas when I was still a boy.”
“German businesspeople have invested a great deal in our country, and trade is flourishing. We want to speed up economic cooperation. Your country is a large, important provider of aid, and it has done a great deal to reduce the poverty of many Vietnamese.”

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