"Creation has the truth written all over it - the age of the universe, the history of the world - but nine-tenths of mankind either don't know it or think it's a sham, because it isn't what their book or their prophet says, and it isn't cozy or manipulable enough."

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Source : "The Visitor". Book by Sheri S. Tepper, 2002.

Sheri S. Tepper

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“It is my conviction that there is perhaps no single factor more important in a spiritual home and in building spiritual strength in our children than the teaching and practice of prayer.”

Source : Belle S. Spafford (1971). “Women in today's world”
“A strong man must be militant as well as moderate. He must be a realist as well as an idealist.”
“I've had dentists who have wanted to help me out, but I say, 'You know, I won't work again if you fix my teeth,'”

Source : "The Drama Actor Roundtable" by Matthew Belloni and Stacey Wilson Hunt, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 8, 2011.
“The four walls of paper are like a prison because every idea wants to spring out in all directions - everything is connected with everything else, sometimes more than others.”
“Said the tiger to the lily, Said the viper to the rose, Let us marry so our children May attain the double pose. With a feline half a flower With the attar in the asp We could institute a slaughter That would make a planet gasp.”

Source : Nathalia Crane (1928). “Venus Invisible: And Other Poems”
“You have to believe in yourself despite the evidence.”
“The overwhelming public sentiment in India was that no meaningful dialogue can be held with Pakistan until it abandons the use of terrorism as an instrument of its foreign policy.”
“A few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age ... pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives. They don't want to be who they are any more. They want out. This list includes Thurston Howell the Third, Ann-Margret, the cat members of Rent, VÃ¡clav Havel, space shuttle astronauts and Snuffleupagus. It's universal.”

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