"There are two things in life that a sage must preserve at every sacrifice, the coats of his stomach and the enamel of his teeth. Some evils admit of consolations, but there are no comforters for dyspepsia and the toothache."

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Source : The Caxtons Pt XI, Ch. VII

Henry Bulwer, 1st Baron Dalling and Bulwer

#Health Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes #Two Quotes

“I am God, says Love, for Love is God and God is Love, and this Soul is God by the condition of Love. I am God by divine nature and this Soul is God by the condition of Love. Thus this precious beloved of mine is taught and guided by me, without herself, for she is transformed into me, and such a perfect one, says Love, takes my nourishment.”

Source : Marguerite Porete, Ellen L. Babinsky (1993). “The Mirror of Simple Souls”, p.104, Paulist Press
“Grace never ignores the awful truth of our depravity; in fact it emphasizes it. The worse we realize we are the greater we realize God's grace.”
“I thought my book was done, then we went to Hawaii and the whole last chapter happened.”
“The chance of war Is equal, and the slayer oft is slain.”
“I've enjoyed doing Wolf Blitzer's program, and I even enjoyed having a heated debate with Bill O'Reilly. I will do it any time.”
“It is... easy to be certain. One has only to be sufficiently vague.”

Source : Charles Sanders Peirce (1931). “Collected Papers of Charles Sanders Peirce”
“One of the ways that people avoid taking responsibility for their role in their own pain is what I call the BPs - blame and projection.”
“If we are merely matter intricately assembled, is this really demeaning? If there's nothing here but atoms, does that make us less or does that make matter more?”

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