"The spirit of true religion breathes gentleness and affability; it gives a native, unaffected ease to the behavior; it is social, kind, cheerful; far removed from the cloudy and illiberal disposition which clouds the brow, sharpens the temper, and dejects the spirit."

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Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

Hugh Blair

#Clouds Quotes #Giving Quotes #Cheerful Quotes

“In terms of security for wildlife and our society, it's an incredibly alarming situation, and we need to address that.”
“Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He's helped me out on a couple of occasions when I've given speeches to corporations where he'd have a good... He'd give me some good information.”
“I'm a golfaholic, no question about that. Counseling wouldn't help me. They'd have to put me in prison, and then I'd talk the warden into building a hole or two and teach him how to play.”
“A promiscuous person is a person who is getting more sex than you are.”
“Peace if possible, truth at all costs.”
“Lightening falls, all you can do is- pray God that it doesn't fall on you.”
“My worst is all out in the open. It makes it necessary for people to tell you about themselves.”
“... I will never love, for I should never be loved as I desire to be loved.”

Source : Marie Bashkirtseff (1919). “Marie Bashkirtseff: the journal of a young artist, 1860-1884”

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