"We suffer because we have no humility and we do not love our brother. From love of our brother comes the love of God. People do not learn humility, and because of their pride cannot receive the grace of the Holy Spirit, and therefor the whole world suffers."

-- Silouan the Athonite

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“One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach. One can collect only a few, and they are more beautiful if they are few.”
“I was a guy back in the Eighties who was one movie away from a huge career, which at that time didn't happen. In the Nineties, I worked a lot, but it was kind of, 'Get out there and dig and find things.' Then I guess 'The Rookie' and 'Far From Heaven' were referred to as my comeback.”
“If I write in my name to the agents of England and France residing in Asia and inform them that Japan is ready to make a commercial treaty with their countries, the number of steamers will be reduced from fifty to two or three.”
“I think that there is a problem with rewards and consequences because in the long run, they rarely work in the ways we hope. In fact, they are likely to backfire.”
“The world is full of magical places, and the library has always been one of them for me. A library can be that special place for our children.”
“All great people glorify their history and look back upon their early attainments with a spiritualized vision.”

Source : Kelly Miller (1908). “Race Adjustment: Essays on the Negro in America”
“The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the price of victory.”
“Our only business is to love and delight ourselves in God.”

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