"If Men are so wicked as we now see them with Religion what would they be if without it?"

-- Benjamin Franklin

#Men Quotes #Wicked Quotes #Human Nature Quotes

“What is difficult to understand is that without conscious effort, nothing is possible. Conscious effort is related to higher nature. My lower nature cannot lead me to consciousness. It is blind. But when I wake up and I feel that I belong to a higher world, this is only part of conscious effort. I become truly conscious only when I open to all my possibilities, higher and lower. There is value only in conscious effort.”

Source : "The Reality of Being: The Fourth Way of Gurdjieff".
“I go to great pains to find the best yogurt and granola.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Footloose' is a fun movie. If you do it right, people should leave wanting to dance.”
“Whatever the Holy Spirit prompts a true Christian to do for the glory of God, He allures him to do in a modest way, and with a disposition of indescribable tenderness.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p.321, 1895.
“I lost my balance, making my body unstable and falling on top of my opponent. At that moment I hit my face against the player leaving a small bruise on my cheek and a strong pain in my teeth.”

Source : "Luis Suárez recognises no limits, either good or bad" by Daniel Taylor, www.theguardian.com. November 1, 2014.
“That's what he was saying, the civil rights movement - judge me for my character, not how black my skin is, not how yellow my skin is, how short I am, how tall or fat or thin; It's by my character.”
“The God of Battles will throw the dice that decide...”
“My secret? See it, and stay focused on it.”

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