"We must by every means humble our hearts and subdue our proud intellect, lest we should be like the contemporaries of the prophets, who looked on them only as sweet-voiced singers, and nothing more; they did not wish to fulfill their commands, they even despised, persecuted, beat and killed them; lest we should be like those, by whom 'no prophet is accepted in his own country' (Lk. 4:24)."

-- John of Kronstadt

#Christian Quotes #Country Quotes #Sweet Quotes

“In Cuba, taking into account the long fight for our independence and sovereignty, we will defend the one-party system in the face of the games, demagogy and the marketing of politics.”
“I hope to have more time to think, to look at the sky, dealing with less crisis management, to learn another language, to travel.”
“Clever people will recognize and tolerate nothing but cleverness.”
“I don’t feel that I’m using technology. I don’t feel that I’m wearing technology. I feel that I am technology.”

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“If you stand with the Customs and Border Protection officers who staff the passport booths at Dulles airport near the nation's capital, their task seems daunting.”
“It's Ethan Hawke and John Travolta [in Valley of Violence]. It's awesome. They're awesome.”
“E-mail is a modern Penny Post: the world is a single city with a single postal rate.”
“The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women”

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