"In the morning was again distressed as soon as I waked, hearing much talk about the world and the things of it. I perceived the men were in some measure afraid of me; and I discoursed something about sanctifying the sabbath, if possible to solemnize their minds: but when they were at a little distance, they again talked freely about secular affairs. Oh, I thought what a hell it would be, to live with such men to eternity!"

-- David Brainerd

#Morning Quotes #Distance Quotes #Men Quotes

“I have smelt all the aromas there are in the fragrant kitchen they call Earth; and what we can enjoy in this life, I surely have enjoyed just like a lord!”
“Being blind, I rely on software that talks to me.”
“Man lives by imagination.”
“A good rule for mental conductâ€”think whatever it makes you truly happy to think.”

Source : Susan Gregg (2007). “The Complete Idiot's Guide to Short Meditations”, p.17, Penguin
“I am writing a book and that takes third place of importance.”
“It's a great life, and Margaret and I are going to stay put above the Arctic Circle where we're happy.”
“When I was 11, I had an episode in my life. I saw my cousin shoot his wife. It wasn't traumatic... but the shock value. I went back into the apartment to collect some things with my dad, because my cousin was in jail. The bed was all bloody. It was there where she had landed after the bullet. She got a .38 to the face.”
“With the ambitious, the failure of one expedient is the suggestion of another; but with the irresolute, defeat usually occasions abandonment of purpose.”

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