"As in paradise, God walks in the Holy Scriptures, seeking man."

-- Ambrose

#Men Quotes #Paradise Quotes #Scripture Quotes

“Decency renders all things tolerable.”
“The renunciation of doing harm is the perfection of discipline”
“A painter can turn pennies into gold, for all subjects are capable of being transformed into poems.”
“Bodybuilding has been the tool that single-handedly taught a little black boy from the projects to use his mind to achieve success. it taught me to see things for what they can be. I had 17-inch arms; I imagined them to be 24 inches. The power of my mind allowed me to achieve what I imagined.”
“Given the scope of these programs, it's understandable that many would be concerned about issues related to privacy. But what's difficult to understand is the motivation of somebody who intentionally would seek to warn the nation's enemies of lawful programs created to protect the American people. And I hope that he is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

Source : Susan Wiggs (2016). “Susan Wiggs The Calhoun Chronicles Books 4-5: Enchanted Afternoon\A Summer Affair”, p.61, MIRA
“Libraries are brothels for the mind. Which means that librarians are the madams, greeting punters, understanding their strange tastes and needs, and pimping their books.”

Source : "How to... use a library" by Guy Browning, www.theguardian.com. October 17, 2003.
“They're [sportsmen] willing to give up a lot of other things that perhaps we all enjoy doing: eating and drinking and playing or whatever. They give up an awful lot to perform at the highest level.”
“I don't like to treat words and sounds like objects. You have to penetrate deeply into their meaning.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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