"People seek for the spiritual champagne, but they mistake what it is ..."

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Source : Fredrika Bremer, Adolph Benson, Carrie Catt (2007). “America of the Fifties”, p.324, Applewood Books

Fredrika Bremer

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“It is conceivable that God might have ordained to preach the Gospel directly to man through dreams, visions and revelations. But as a matter of fact, He has not done this; but rather has committed the preaching to man, telling them to go and disciple all nations. The responsibility lies squarely on our shoulders.”
“It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.”
“When you come to Christ, you have to give up all the other gods.”
“The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.”
“This, in the end, might be the greatest social good of poetry: to get us to live differently, with a different sort of thinking and concentration, even if it's just for a few moments.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“The tendency for politicians to claim credit for favorable news is as natural as flatulence in cows.”

Source : "No Shame, No Sense and a $296 Billion Bill". www.washingtonpost.com. July 20, 2006.
“It is wonderful how much depends upon the relations of black and white A black and white, if properly balanced, suggests colour.”

Source : Winslow Homer (1979). “Winslow Homer: Master of the Wood Engraving”
“Expectations are just leftover praise. They are a blessing. If you didn't have the capability to meet them, they wouldn't exist.”

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