"Wherever we look in the ancient world the past has been controlled, but nowhere more rigorously than in the history of the Christian church. The methods of control, wherever we find them, fall under three general heads which might be described as (a) the invention, (b) the destruction, and (c) the alteration of documents."

-- Hugh Nibley

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“I don't want to get in a big, long discussion about right and wrong, but our company has been working on the issue of underage drinking and alcohol abuse for a long time. I've been outspoken about it.”
“I think people in general don't take enough risks. Some people feel that before they can take on that next challenge they need to be 100 percent ready. It's just not true. Even people in their jobs aren't perfect at their jobs. So my biggest advice to people is to step out there. Take the risk and deal with it. What is the worst that could happen? It's about thriving on risk instead of shrinking from risk.”
“We were not made to eternally weep.”

Source : Countee Cullen, “From The Dark Tower”
“By speaking of greater forces than we can possibly invoke, and by confronting us with greater spans of time than we can possibly envisage, mountains refute our excessive trust in the man-made. They pose profound questions about our durability and the importance of our schemes. They induce, I suppose, a modesty in us.”

Source : Robert MacFarlane (2009). “Mountains Of The Mind”, p.275, Granta
“Assume whatever you do, both offline and online, will be seen by your mother, dad, boss, coach, boyfriend, teacherâ€¦ the world.”
“The contour should come last, only a very experienced eye can place it rightly.”
“It wasn't because they had extraordinary powers, really, but because of how well they used the ordinary powers everyone had: the power of courage, the power of kindness, the powers of curiosity and knowledge.”

Source : Jeanne DuPrau (2016). “The City of Ember Complete Series”, p.641, Random House Books for Young Readers
“The essence of religion consists in the feeling of an absolute dependence.”

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