"But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures vanished, and all crude ideas began to resolve themselves into shape."

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Source : Henry Morton Stanley (2002). “How I Found Livingstone in Central Africa”, p.10, Courier Corporation

Henry Morton Stanley

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“Abraham teaches us the right way of conversing with God : "And Abraham fell on his face, and God talked with him." When we plead with Him, our faces should be in the dust.”

Source : Richard Cecil (1825). “The works of the Rev. Richard Cecil ... with a memoir of his life: Arranged and rev., with a view of the author's character”, p.438
“Choose thy friends like thy books, few but choice.”
“...In a world riven by inequity, medicine could be viewed as social justice work.”

Source : Paul Farmer (2004). “Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor”, p.157, Univ of California Press
“Creation is quite impressionable. Everyone leaves a trail of their actions. And everyone, however wise, however powerful, however immortal, makes mistakes. All it requires is the patience to wait for them. And you'll find no one, in all Creation, quite so patient as Death.”

Source : Ari Marmell (2012). “Darksiders: The Abomination Vault”, p.351, Del Rey
“Lord, I feel so small sometimes in this great big old world. Yeah, I know there are more important things. But don't forget to remember me.”
“It's better to be hated than ignored.”
“Every positive change in your life begins with a clear, unequivocaldecision that you are going to either do something or stop doing something.”
“Once you're a public figure, there's a certain amount of privacy you do give up.”

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