"there are few things that are more endearing than the grace of listening with attention; indeed, it is more than endearing, it is impressive - for no one knows what wisdom lies concealed in silence!"

-- Margaret Deland

#Lying Quotes #Silence Quotes #Grace Quotes

“A day dawns, quite like other days; in it, a single hour comes, quite like other hours; but in that day and in that hour the chance of a lifetime faces us.”

Source : Maltbie Davenport Babcock (1901). “Thoughts for Every-day Living from the Spoken and Written Words of Maltbie Davenport Babcock”
“Why, then, did I always feel as if his happiness was my responsibility? It wasn't fair for him to burden me with that. It had never been fair.”

Source : Melanie Benjamin (2010). “Alice I Have Been: A Novel”, p.287, Delacorte Press
“Faith in faith' he answered himself. 'It isn't necessary to have something to believe in. It's only necessary to believe that somewhere there's something worthy of belief”
“Atheist’s denial of God’s existence needs just as much substantiation as does the theist’s claim; the atheist must give plausible reasons for rejecting God’s existence.”
“I think it was Mark Twain who said, â€œGet your facts straight, and then you can distort them as much as you like.”

Source : Josh Lanyon (2002). “A Dangerous Thing”, Millivres Books
“People are not usually deprived of their liberties all at once, but gradually, by one encroachment after another, as it is found they are disposed to bear them.”

Source : Jonathan Mayhew (1764). “Remarks on an Anonymous Tract, Entitled An Answer to Dr. Mayhew's Observations on the Charter and Conduct of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: Being a Second Defence of the Said Observations. By Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. Pastor of the West-Church in Boston”, p.62
“They see me rollinâ€™, they hatinâ€™”
“Learn to live, and live to learn, Ignorance like a fire doth burn, Little tasks make large return.”

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