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GULDKORN
LIDT AF DET,
JEG HAR TAGET MED MIG, AF HVAD JEG HAR LÆST
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WORDS OF WISDOM
A LITTLE OF
WHAT I HAVE KEPT OF THE THINGS I HAVE READ. |
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I never could let go of a book,
until I learned to save the best parts. |
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"I WOULD
BE TRUE, FOR THERE ARE THOSE WHO TRUST ME
I WOULD BE
PURE, FOR THERE ARE THOSE WHO CARE
I WOULD BE
STRONG, FOR THERE IS MUCH TO SUFFER
I WOULD BE
BRAVE, FOR THERE IS MUCH TO DARE
I WOULD BE
FRIEND TO ALL, THE FOE, THE FRIENDLESS
I WOULD BE
GIVING AND FORGET THE GIFT
I WOULD BE
HUMBLE, FOR I KNOW MY WEAKNESS
I WOULD LOOK
UP - AND LAUGH - AND LOVE - AND LIFT" |
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"OF
MAKING MANY BOOKS THERE IS NO END, AND MUCH STUDY WEARIES THE BODY"
BOOK OF
ECCLESIASTES 12:12
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"DER ER
INGEN ENDE PÅ, SOM DER
SKRIVES BØGER,
OG MEGEN GRANSKEN
TRÆTTER LEGEMET"
PRÆDIKERENS
BOG 12:12 |
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"THE
RADICAL NOVELTY OF MODERN SCIENCE LIES PRECISELY IN THE REJECTION OF
THE BELIEF, WHICH IS AT THE HEART OF ALL POPULAR RELIGION, THAT THE
FORCES WHICH MOVE THE STARS AND ATOMS ARE CONTINGENT UPON THE
PREFERENCES OF THE HUMAN HEART."
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RICHARD
GEORGE ADAMS IN "WATERSHIP DOWN." |
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"WHAT
THE CATERPILLAR CALLS THE END OF THE WORLD, THE MASTER CALLS A BUTTERFLY."
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"SOONER OR
LATER, THOSE WHO WIN ARE THOSE WHO THINK THEY CAN."
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"JONATHAN
SEAGULL SPENT THE REST OF HIS DAYS ALONE, BUT HE FLEW WAY OUT BEYOND
THE FAR CLIFFS. HIS ONE SORROW WAS NOT SOLITUDE, IT WAS THAT OTHER
GULLS REFUSED TO BELIEVE THE GLORY OF FLIGHT THAT AWAITED THEM; THEY
REFUSED TO OPEN THEIR EYES AND SEE."
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"HERE IS
THE TEST TO FIND WHETHER YOUR MISSION ON EARTH IS FINISHED. IF YOU'RE
ALIVE, IT ISN'T."
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"AS A RULE,
WHAT IS OUT OF SIGHT DISTURBS MEN'S MINDS MORE SERIOUSLY THAN WHAT
THEY SEE."
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RICHARD
DAVID BACH IN "JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL." |
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"TODAY
I HAVE GROWN TALLER FROM WALKING WITH THE TREES."
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KARL W. BAKER |
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"THOSE
GOLDEN STREETS... WHAT ABOUT THEM? WHY GOLD? NOT FOR SHOW, MAYBE FOR
BEAUTY? EVERYTHING IN HEAVEN IS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN FROM EARTH. VALUES
ARE REVERSED. WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT ON EARTH? WHAT HAVE MEN LIVED AND
DIED FOR, FOR MILLENNIA? GOLD. YOU'LL WALK ON IT IN HEAVEN. LIKE
CONCRETE OR ASPHALT."
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JOSEPH T.
BAYLY IN "HEAVEN." |
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"IN
ORDER TO BE A REALIST YOU MUST BELIEVE IN MIRACLES."
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DAVID BEN-GURION |
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"WITHALL
RECORD THE NAMES
OF THOSE
WHO, TAKING
THEIR EXAMPLE
DO NOT STAND
IDLY BY -
- WHILE
CLOSING DOORS AND WINDOW SHADES -
EXCUSING, WHEN
THEIR FELLOW MEN ARE
BEATEN!
STABBED!
TORTURED!
KILLED!
SUCH WERE THE
DEEDS OF THE PEOPLE
AMONG WHOM I
GREW TO MAN'S ESTATE!
WITH WHOM I
LEARNED THE WISDOM:
TO LIGHT A CANDLE!
RATHER - THAN TO
CURSE THE DARKNESS!"
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VICTOR
BORGE IN "ONCE UPON A TIME." |
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"I
AM NOW QUITE CURED OF SEEKING PLEASURE IN SOCIETY, BE IT COUNTRY OR
TOWN. A SENSIBLE MAN OUGHT TO FIND SUFFICIENT COMPANY IN HIMSELF."
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"A PERSON
WHO HAS NOT DONE ONE HALF HIS DAY'S WORK BY TEN O'CLOCK, RUNS A
CHANCE OF LEAVING THE OTHER HALF UNDONE."
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EMILY JANE
BRONTE IN "WUTHERING HEIGHTS." |
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"KALD
EJ DIN GERNING UDEN VÆRD OG RINGE;
FOR HERREN ER EJ
STORT OG SMAAT.
HAN SER PÅ
SINDELAGET BLOT,
OM OPAD
DET VIL BRINGE.
LAD INGEN DAG DA
SMULDRE HEN,
DEN KOMMER
ALDRIG MER' IGEN.
BYG BORG AF
HVERDAGS STENE"
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"MEN JEG
TROR, AT DER ER ET STED,
HVOR ALLE DE
SKÆBNER MINDES.
OG JEG TROR AT
HVOR ET HJERTE VAR MED,
VIL PLOVDYBE
SPOR DER FINDES.
TANKER VIL GRO I TUSINDFOLD,
GIVE DIN GERNING ADELSSKJOLD,
OM DIT NAVN END GLEMTES."
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RUDOLF
HARALD BRUHN IN "FORTÆLLINGER." |
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"MANY
PEOPLE NEGLECT SMALL HAPPINESS, AS THEY WAIT IN VAIN FOR THE BIG ONE."
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PEARL
SYDENSTRICKER BUCK |
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"PURE
LOVE IS UNCONDITIONAL. . . . PURE LOVE IS GIVEN BECAUSE THE PERSON
'IS,' BECAUSE THE PERSON EXISTS. . . . THAT MEANS THAT I CANNOT EARN
LOVE. I CAN DO NOTHING TO IMPROVE MY QUALIFICATIONS. . . . THAT, IN
TURN, MEANS THAT LOVE CANNOT BE LOST."
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RICH
BUHLER IN "LOVE NO STRINGS ATTACHED." |
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"THE
CROWD WAS FACED WITH A DECISION. EITHER MARY'S BOY WAS THE ONE SENT
FROM GOD, OR HE HAD JUST COMMITTED BLASPHEMY. THEY DECIDED THAT THE
LATTER WAS THE CASE, AND THEY TOOK JESUS OUT TO THE EDGE OF TOWN TO
THROW HIM OVER A CLIFF. WHAT FOLLOWED WAS AWESOMELY DRAMATIC BY
VIRTUE OF ITS SIMPLICITY. THE SON OF GOD DID NOT CALL DOWN AN ARMY OF
ANGELS OR SUDDENLY DISAPPEAR. INSTEAD, IN A SCENE THAT WOULD MAKE
JOHN WAYNE SEEM LIKE A SISSY BY COMPARISON, JESUS TURNED ON THEM AND
WALKED AT THE CROWD. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING POWERFUL ABOUT
HIS BEARING, BECAUSE THE CROWD THAT HAD BEEN BENT ON KILLING HIM
SIMPLY STEPPED ASIDE AND LET HIM GO WITHOUT SO MUCH AS LAYING A HAND
ON HIM."
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ANTHONY
"TONY" CAMPOLO IN "THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS A PARTY." |
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"IF
YOU CAN STAY IN THE MIDST OF THE TURMOIL UNPERPLEXED AND CALM
BECAUSE YOU SEE JESUS, THAT IS GOD'S PURPOSE IN YOUR LIFE; NOT THAT
YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SAY, 'I HAVE DONE THIS AND THAT AND IT'S ALL RIGHT.'"
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OSWALD
CHAMBERS IN "GOD'S WORKMANSHIP." |
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"THE
MOST THOROUGHLY WASTED OF ALL DAYS IS THAT ON WHICH ONE HAS NOT LAUGHED."
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SÉBASTIEN
ROCH NICOLAS CHAMFORT |
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"A
WHOLE PERSON IS ONE WHO WON'T DEMAND THAT OTHERS FILL IN THE MISSING
PIECES IN HIS OR HER LIFE, KNOWING THAT ONLY GOD CAN DO THAT."
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MARIE
CHAPIAN IN "CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS - MAKING THEM, KEEPING THEM." |
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"THE
TRAVELER SAID, 'TODAY AT NOON I LEANED MY BACK AGAINST A CLOUD AND
ATE MY LUNCH. AND AFTERWARD, COMING DOWN THE SLOPES, I SAW A LAKE OF
BLUE FLOWERS AND THEN A LONG, WIDE SCARF OF DEEP MAROON ONES. THIS IS
FAIR LAND; THE FAIREST I'VE EVER SEEN.'
I NEVER SAW THE
TRAVELER AGAIN... BUT I HAVE NEVER FORGOTTEN WHAT HE SAID - THAT THIS
WAS FAIR LAND, THE FAIREST OF THEM ALL."
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VERA AND
BILL CLEAVER - DESCRIBING THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS - IN "WHERE
THE LILIES BLOOM." |
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"I
AM THE CHILD.
ALL THE WORLD
WAITS FOR MY COMING
FOR WHAT I AM,
THE WORLD OF TOMORROW WILL BE.
ALL THE EARTH
WATCHES WITH INTEREST TO SEE
WHAT I SHALL BECOME.
CIVILIZATION
HANGS IN THE BALANCE.
I AM THE CHILD.
I HAVE COME INTO
YOUR WORLD ABOUT WHICH I KNOW NOTHING.
WHY I CAME I
KNOW NOT. HOW I CAME I KNOW NOT.
I AM CURIOUS; I
AM INTERESTED.
I AM THE CHILD.
YOU HOLD IN YOUR
HAND MY DESTINY.
YOU DETERMINE,
LARGELY, WHETHER I SHALL SUCCEED OR FAIL.
GIVE ME, I PRAY
YOU, THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE FOR HAPPINESS.
TRAIN ME, I BEG YOU,
THAT I MAY BE A
BLESSING TO THE WORLD."
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MAMIE GENE COLE |
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"IN
SPITE OF ALL THE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE TO DATE, I HAVE TO SAY THAT
THE HUMAN ANIMAL CANNOT BE THE MOST INTELLIGENT ONE ON EARTH BECAUSE
HE IS THE ONLY ONE WHO ALLOWS HIS OFFSPRING TO COME BACK HOME."
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WILLIAM
HENRY "BILL" COSBY, JR. IN "FATHERHOOD." |
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"PASSION
ISN'T ACCESSIBLE IN SOME SUNSETS, SOME EVENING WALKS, SOME BOUQUETS
OF FLOWERS AND NOT IN OTHERS. THE SOURCE OF THE PASSION HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH THE OBJECTS OR EVEN THE PEOPLE YOU COME ACROSS. YOU BRING
OR DO NOT BRING YOUR OWN PASSION TO EACH EXPERIENCE. IT IS YOUR OWN
PASSION FOR LIFE THAT ENABLES YOU TO PERCEIVE THE TRUE BEAUTY IN EACH
PERSON, EACH SETTING, EACH SPECTACLE OF NATURE, EACH SITUATION YOU ENCOUNTER."
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BARBARA DE
ANGELIS IN "PASSION." |
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"YOU
HAD FAITH, AND NOW YOU DON'T HAVE IT ANYMORE?"
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CAROLINA
MARIA DE JESUS IN "CHILD OF THE DARK." |
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"GROWN-UPS
NEVER UNDERSTAND ANYTHING FOR THEMSELVES, AND IT IS TIRESOME FOR
CHILDREN TO BE ALWAYS AND FOREVER EXPLAINING THINGS TO THEM."
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"'I CANNOT
PLAY WITH YOU,' THE FOX SAID. 'I AM NOT TAMED.'
'AH! PLEASE
EXCUSE ME, SAID THE LITTLE PRINCE.
BUT AFTER SOME
THOUGHT, HE ADDED:
'WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN - "TAME"?' . . . .
'IT IS AN ACT
TOO OFTEN NEGLECTED,' SAID THE FOX. 'IT MEANS TO ESTABLISH TIES,'
'"TO
ESTABLISH TIES"?'
'JUST THAT,'
SAID THE FOX. 'TO ME, YOU ARE STILL NOTHING MORE THAN A LITTLE BOY,
WHO IS JUST LIKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND OTHER LITTLE BOYS. AND I HAVE NO
NEED OF YOU. AND YOU, ON YOUR PART, HAVE NO NEED OF ME. TO YOU, I AM
NOTHING MORE THAN A FOX LIKE A HUNDRED THOUSAND OTHER FOXES. BUT IF
YOU TAME ME, THEN WE SHALL NEED EACH OTHER. TO ME, YOU WILL BE UNIQUE
IN ALL THE WORLD. TO YOU, I SHALL BE UNIQUE IN ALL THE WORLD . . . .
AND THEN LOOK: YOU SEE THE GRAIN-FIELDS DOWN YONDER? I DO NOT EAT
BREAD. WHEAT IS OF NO USE TO ME. THE WHEAT FIELDS HAVE NOTHING TO SAY
TO ME. AND THAT IS SAD. BUT YOU HAVE HAIR THAT IS THE COLOR OF GOLD.
THINK HOW WONDERFUL IT WILL BE WHEN YOU HAVE TAMED ME! THE GRAIN,
WHICH IS ALSO GOLDEN, WILL BRING ME BACK THE THOUGHT OF YOU. AND I
SHALL LOVE TO LISTEN TO THE WIND IN THE WHEAT.' . . .
SO THE LITTLE
PRINCE TAMED THE FOX. AND WHEN THE HOUR OF HIS DEPARTURE DREW NEAR -
'AH,' SAID THE
FOX, 'I SHALL CRY.'
'IT IS YOUR OWN
FAULT,' SAID THE LITTLE PRINCE. 'I NEVER WISHED YOU ANY SORT OF HARM;
BUT YOU WANTED ME TO TAME YOU . . .'
'YES, THAT IS
SO,' SAID THE FOX.
'BUT NOW YOU ARE
GOING TO CRY!' SAID THE LITTLE PRINCE.
'YES, THAT IS
SO,' SAID THE FOX.
'THEN IT HAS
DONE YOU NO GOOD AT ALL!'
'IT HAS DONE ME
GOOD,' SAID THE FOX, 'BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THE WHEAT FIELDS.'"
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ANTOINE DE
SAINT EXUPERY IN "THE LITTLE PRINCE." |
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“AND
WHO AMONG THE COMPANY AT MONSEIGNEUR'S RECEPTION IN THAT SEVENTEEN
HUNDRED AND EIGHTIETH YEAR OF OUR LORD, COULD POSSIBLY DOUBT, THAT A
SYSTEM ROOTED IN A FRIZZLED HANGMAN, POWDERED AND GOLD-LACED, PUMPED,
AND WHITE-SILK STOCKINGED, WOULD SEE THE VERY STARS OUT!”
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“IT IS A
FAR, FAR BETTER THING THAT I DO, THAN I HAVE EVER DONE; IT IS A FAR,
FAR BETTER REST THAT I GO TO THAN I HAVE EVER KNOWN.”
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CHARLES
HUFFAM DICKENS IN "A TALE OF TWO CITIES." |
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"I ONLY ASK
TO BE FREE. THE BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE. MANKIND WILL SURELY NOT DENY TO
HAROLD SKIMPOLE WHAT IT CONCEDES TO THE BUTTERFLIES."
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CHARLES
HUFFAM DICKENS IN "BLEAK HOUSE." |
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"...CHRIST
JESUS CAME INTO THIS WORLD TO KILL RELIGION...."
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JOHANNA-RUTH
DOBSCHINER IN "CHOSEN TO LIVE." |
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"WE
RAISED $2,000 SELLING PANCAKES AND $2,000 PRAYING. WHEN WE SOLD THE
PANCAKES WE THANKED THE CHOIR MEMBERS FOR STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE STREET. WE THANKED THE DEACONS FOR GIVING UP THEIR SATURDAY TO
COOK PANCAKES; WE THANKED WHATABURGER FOR THE SILLY-LOOKING CHEF
HATS; WE THANKED AUNT JEMIMAH FOR SELLING US MIX AT A DISCOUNT, AND
LOG CABIN AS WELL - AND THEN WORRIED THAT WE MIGHT HAVE FORGOTTEN TO
THANK SOMEONE. WHEN WE RAISED $2,000 BY PRAYER, WE SIMPLY THANKED THE
LORD. HE GOT ALL THE GLORY AND ALL THE CREDIT. AFTER ALL, THAT'S WHAT
PRAYER IS ALL ABOUT."
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RONALD
DUNN IN "DON'T JUST STAND THERE, PRAY SOMETHING." |
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"IF
WE NEVER HAD TO FACE FEAR, WE WOULD KNOW NOTHING ABOUT COURAGE."
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"THE MIND
OF THE LOWLIEST AND MOST INSIGNIFICANT MAN IS A BATTLEFIELD WHERE THE
MIGHTIEST FORCES OF THE UNIVERSE MEET IN WARFARE."
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JONI TADA
EARICKSON IN "A STEP FURTHER." |
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"IF
THE STARS SHOULD APPEAR ONE NIGHT IN A THOUSAND YEARS, HOW WOULD MEN
BELIEVE AND ADORE...."
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RALPH
WALDO EMERSON IN "NATURE." |
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"THE
ODD THING WAS THAT, NO MATTER HOW MUCH TIME HE SAVED, HE NEVER HAD
ANY TO SPARE; IN SOME MYSTERIOUS WAY, IT SIMPLY VANISHED."
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MICHAEL
ENDE IN "MOMO." |
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"HOW
LOVELY TO THINK THAT NO ONE NEED WAIT A MOMENT, WE CAN START NOW,
START SLOWLY CHANGING THE WORLD! HOW LOVELY THAT EVERYONE, GREAT AND
SMALL, CAN MAKE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS INTRODUCING JUSTICE
STRAIGHT AWAY."
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ANNE FRANK
IN "TALES FROM THE HOUSE BEHIND." |
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"MUM
RECKONED THAT GETTING LOST AND FINDING YOUR WAY WERE JUST DIFFERENT
SIDES OF THE SAME COIN. YOU COULDN'T HAVE ONE WITHOUT THE OTHER."
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"THE
DIFFERENCE FROM A PERSON AND AN ANGEL IS EASY. MOST OF AN ANGEL IS IN
THE INSIDE AND MOST OF A PERSON IS ON THE OUTSIDE." (QUOTING ANNA)
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"AND GOD
SAID LOVE ME, LOVE THEM, AND LOVE IT, AND DON'T FORGET TO LOVE
YOURSELF." (QUOTING ANNA)
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FYNN IN
"MISTER GOD, THIS IS ANNA." |
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"THERE
ARE SOME MEN, IT IS TRUE, WHO MAINTAIN THAT THEY ARE NOT RELIGIOUS.
AND I DO NOT DOUBT THEIR SINCERITY. BUT I DO DOUBT WHETHER THEY
UNDERSTAND THEMSELVES."
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OLE
KRISTIAN HALLESBY IN "WHY I AM A CHRISTIAN." |
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"GOD
IS THE GOD OF THINGS AS THEY ARE . . . NOT AS WE WISH THEY WERE! AND
HE WORKS IN THINGS AS THEY ARE."
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RICHARD C.
HALVERSON IN "NO GREATER POWER." |
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"FROM
TOMORROW ON I SHALL BE SAD
FROM TOMORROW ON
- NOT TODAY.
TODAY I WILL BE
GLAD, AND EVERY DAY
NO MATTER HOW
BITTER IT MAY BE I SHALL SAY
FROM TOMORROW ON
I SHALL BE SAD
NOT TODAY."
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TIM HANSEL
IN"WHEN I RELAX I FEEL GUILTY." |
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"DOG
ER JEG IKKE BEGEJSTRET FOR DEN MÅDE, KUNSTFONDENS MIDLER
BLIVER GIVET UD TIL KUNSTNERNE PÅ. DE BLIVER MANGE GANGE UDDELT
TIL NOGEN, DER HAR EN MASSE PENGE I FORVEJEN. JEG TÆNKER
PÅ OEHLENSCHLÄGER. HAN VAR EFTER SIGENDE MEGET DOVEN OG
SKREV KUN, NÅR HAN VAR VED AT DØ AF SULT. HAVDE HAN
FÅET EN SUM PENGE FRA STATEN DENGANG, TROR JEG NÆPPE, VI
HAVDE HAFT HANS HERLIGE DIGTE SOM GULDHORNENE OG ALADDIN AT
GLÆDE OS OVER I DAG."
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EJNER
HANSEN IN"EN VASKERMANDS ERINDRINGER." |
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"IT
IS TO THE CREDIT OF HUMAN NATURE, THAT, EXCEPT WHERE ITS SELFISHNESS
IS BROUGHT INTO PLAY, IT LOVES MORE READILY THAN IT HATES. HATRED, BY
A GRADUAL AND QUIET PROCESS, WILL EVEN BE TRANSFORMED TO LOVE, UNLESS
THE CHANGE BE IMPEDED BY A CONTINUALLY NEW IRRITATION OF THE ORIGINAL
FEELING OF HOSTILITY."
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NATHANIEL
HAWTHORNE IN "THE SCARLET LETTER." |
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"LORI
LOOKED UP AT ME. 'IS HE RIGHT, TOREY? AM I A RETARD KID?' . . .
GENTLY I PUSHED
BACK HER HAIR FROM HER FACE . . . . SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL.
'THERE'S NOTHING
WRONG WITH YOU, LORI.'
HER EYES WERE ON
MY FACE.
'THAT'S THE
TRUTH, AND YOU BELIEVE IT. DON'T EVER LET ANYONE TELL YOU OTHERWISE.
NO MATTER WHAT. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU.'
'BUT I CAN'T READ.'
'HITLER COULD READ.'
'WHO'S HITLER?'
'A MAN WHO
REALLY WAS RETARDED.'"
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"ALL THE
TIME I'VE KNOWN YOU, LOR, YOU'VE CARED. AND THAT'S MUCH MORE
IMPORTANT THAN READING IS. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, DON'T EVER FORGET
THAT. IN THIS WORLD WE SO BADLY NEED PEOPLE WHO CARE. THERE'S MORE
THAN ENOUGH READERS TO GET ALL THE READING DONE. BUT WE'RE TERRIBLY
SHORT ON CARERS."
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"PEOPLE ARE
LIKE HYACINTH BULBS. ALL WE CAN DO IS MAKE A GOOD PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO
GROW, BUT EACH PERSON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING HIS OWN GROWING IN HIS
OWN TIME. IF WE GET IN THERE AND MESS, ALL WE DO IS HURT. NO MATTER
HOW WELL MEANING WE ARE. AND SOMETIMES GROWING IS A VERY SILENT
THING, LIKE THE BULBS IN THE REFRIGERATOR. SOMETIMES WE CAN'T EVEN
TELL IT'S HAPPENING, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT ISN'T."
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TOREY LYNN
HAYDEN IN "SOMEBODY ELSE'S KIDS." |
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"DU
SKAL PLANTE ET TRÆ
DU SKAL
GØRE ÉN GERNING,
SOM LEVER
NÅR DU GÅR I KNÆ.
ÉN TING
SOM SKAL VARE OG VÆRE TIL LYKKE OG LÆ.
DU SKAL
ÅBNE DIT JEG
DU SKAL BLIVE
ÉT ENESTE TRIN PÅ EN VIDERE VEJ.
DU SKAL
VÆRE ET LED I EN LOD,
SOM NÅR UD
OVER DIG."
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PIET HEIN |
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"MEN
DA JEG GIK FRA VEJENS TØRRE STØV
IND I DET
GRØNNE GRÆS, HVIS BLØDE BLADE
FLØD
HVISKENDE OM MINE NØGNE FØDDER
KØLIGT OG VÅDT,
DA STEG EN
GLÆDE I MIG SOM ET SPRINGVAND
MED TUSIND
DRÅBER GNISTRENDE I SOLEN,
OG JEG FALDT NED
PÅ KNÆ SOM RAMT AF LYNET
OG VIDSTE,
UNDRENDE, AT ALT VAR GODT."
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"WHAT
ARE YOU BUT THE GREATEST FRIEND
WHO WOULD SAY
NOTHING BUT GOOD TO ME
TO LIFT ME PAST
THE DARK LEVELS I HAVE KNOWN
AND HAVE GIVEN
ME A NEW VISION
OF BOTH MY INNER
SELF AND THE WORLD ABOUT ME.
WHAT CAN I SAY
OF YOU EXCEPT
THAT I KNOW NO
GREATER JOY THAN THINKING OF YOU WITH LOVE
THOUGH I MAY NOT
SEE YOU EVER AGAIN
YOU HAVE GIVEN
ME SO MUCH MORE
THAN MOST WHOM I
HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN
SO NOW THAT LIFE
IS NEW AND DEAR
SHALL I NOT DO
AS MUCH
AND PASS ALONG
TO OTHERS THE RIGHT TO LIVE AND LEARN
AND KNOW THAT
THERE ARE SUCH AS YOU?"
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"HOW OFTEN
IN THE EARLY MORN WHEN ALL THE WORLD IS NEW
I STAND AND GAZE
AT THE RISING SUN
AND MY THOUGHTS
WILL TURN TO YOU.
ARE YOU HAPPY?
IS LIFE WORTHWHILE? ARE YOUR HOURS TOO FEW?
DO YOU MIND WHEN
THE DAY IS DONE
THAT YOUR DREAMS
HAVE NOT COME TRUE?
DO YOU WEARY OF
ALL THE THINGS THAT LIFE DEMANDS EACH DAY?
CAN YOU FIND A
QUIET PLACE APART IN WHICH TO PRAY?
AND DO YOU LEAVE
TIME BETWEEN MORN AND NIGHT,
SOME TIME JUST
TO BE FREE?
BUT MORE THAN
THAT I WANT TO ASK
DO YOU EVER
THINK OF ME?"
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JOYCE
SEQUICHIE HIFLER IN "THINK ON THESE THINGS." |
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"THERE
IS A PROSPECT GREATER THAN THE SEA, AND IT IS THE SKY; THERE IS A
PROSPECT GREATER THAN THE SKY, AND IT IS THE HUMAN SOUL."
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"IF WE TOOK
A LITTLE TIME, THE NETTLE WOULD BE USEFUL; WE NEGLECT IT, AND IT
BECOMES HARMFUL. THEN WE KILL IT. MEN ARE SO LIKE THE NETTLE! THERE
ARE NO BAD HERBS, AND NO BAD MEN; THERE ARE ONLY BAD CULTIVATORS."
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"CHILDREN
INSTANTLY ACCEPT JOY AND HAPPINESS WITH QUICK FAMILIARITY, BEING
HAPPY AND JOYFUL BY NATURE."
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VICTOR-MARIE
HUGO IN "LES MISERABLES." |
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"DEN
DRUKNER EJ, SOM HÆNGES SKAL."
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CARSTEN
JENSEN I "VI, DE DRUKNEDE." |
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"LANDMANDEN
TÆNKTE SIG LIDT OM - OG SÅ TOG HAN SIN BESLUTNING: 'HVIS
JEG VANDT 10 MILLIONER, SÅ VILLE JEG STÅ OP KL. 5 OM
MORGENEN, GÅ UD OG MALKE ALLE KREATURERNE, MUGE UD I HELE
STALDEN, SE TIL DE ANDRE DYR, FODRE OG MUGE UD - OG SÅ VILLE
JEG GÅ UD I MARKERNE, OG JEG VILLE ARBEJDE SÅ SVEDEN
SPRANG, INDTIL JEG VED 8-9-TIDEN OM AFTENEN FALDT UDMATTET I
SØVN PÅ SOFAEN! OG DÉT VILLE JEG GØRE HVER
ENESTE DAG - OGSÅ SØNDAG! - DAG UD OG DAG IND - OG JEG
VILLE BLIVE VED MED AT GØRE DET, INDTIL ALLE PENGENE VAR BRUGT!'"
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FLEMMING
JENSEN I "DE DANSK-VESTINDISKE NISSER - EN JULEFORTÆLLING
FOR VOKSNE." |
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"THIS
MUST BE THE EXHILARATION THAT DRIVES EXPLORERS. THE SURPRISE OF
ALWAYS FINDING ANOTHER VISTA, A NEW THOUGHT, AN UNEXPECTED STRENGTH.
THE COMRADESHIP OF DOING SOMETHING TOGETHER. DOING SOMETHING NO ONE
ELSE WOULD DARE. AND IN THE END FINDING SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AND
EVER-PRESENT AS THE SKY."
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RON JONES
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"SHEEP
ARE NOTORIOUS CREATURES OF HABIT. LEFT TO THEMSELVES THEY WILL
FOLLOW THE SAME TRAILS TILL THEY BECOME DEEP RUTS; GRAZE THE SAME
HILLS UNTIL THEY TURN TO DESERT WASTES; AND POLLUTE THEIR OWN GROUND
UNTIL IT IS RIFE WITH DISEASE AND PARASITES. . . . DAVID KNEW THAT IF
THE FLOCK WAS TO FLOURISH THE SHEEP HAD CONSTANTLY TO BE UNDER HIS
METICULOUS CONTROL AND GUIDANCE."
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PHILLIP
KELLER IN "A SHEPHERD LOOKS AT PSALM 23." |
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“I
SEE NOW THAT THE PATH I CHOOSE . . . MAKES ME WHAT I AM. I AM NOT
ONLY A THING, BUT ALSO A WAY OF BEING - ONE OF MANY WAYS - AND
KNOWING THE PATHS I HAVE FOLLOWED AND THE ONES LEFT TO TAKE WILL HELP
ME UNDERSTANDING WHAT I AM BECOMING.”
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"ANY ONE
WHO HAS COMMON SENSE WILL REMEMBER THAT THE BEWILDERMENTS OF THE EYE
ARE OF TWO KINDS, AND ARISE FROM TWO CAUSES, EITHER FROM COMING OUT
OF THE LIGHT OR FROM GOING INTO THE LIGHT, WHICH IS TRUE OF THE
MIND'S EYE, QUITE AS MUCH AS OF THE BODILY EYE; AND HE WHO REMEMBERS
THIS WHEN HE SEES ANY ONE WHOSE VISION IS PERPLEXED AND WEAK, WILL
NOT BE TOO READY TO LAUGH; HE WILL FIRST ASK WHETHER THAT SOUL OF MAN
HAS COME OUT OF THE BRIGHTER LIFE, AND IS UNABLED TO SEE BECAUSE
UNACCUSTOMED TO THE DARK, OR HAVING TURNED FROM DARKNESS TO THE DAY
IS DAZZLED BY EXCESS OF LIGHT. AND HE WILL COUNT THE ONE HAPPY IN HIS
CONDITION AND STATE OF BEING, AND HE WILL PITY THE OTHER. . . ."
(QUOTING PLATO)
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"I WAS
LIFTED OUT OF THE DARK CELL OF MY OWN MIND, TO BECOME PART OF SOMEONE
ELSE - JUST AS I HAD EXPERIENCED IT THAT DAY ON THE COUCH IN THEREPY.
IT WAS THE FIRST STEP OUTWARD INTO THE UNIVERSE - BEYOND THE UNIVERSE
- BECAUSE IN IT AND WITH IT WE MERGED TO RECREATE AND PERPETUATE THE
HUMAN SPIRIT. EXPANDING AND MERGING OUTWARD, AND CONTRACTING AND
FORMING INWARD, IT WAS THE RHYTHM OF BEING, OF BREATHING, OF
HEARTBEAT, OF DAY AND NIGHT - AND THE RHYTHM OF OUR BODIES SET OFF AN
ECHO IN MY MIND."
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DANIEL R.
KEYES IN "FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON." |
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"DEN,
SOM VOVER, MISTER FODFÆSTET FOR EN STUND. DEN SOM INTET VOVER
MISTER SIG SELV."
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SØREN
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"BECAUSE
YOU PROVED HUMAN, BECAUSE YOU FELL, DOES THAT MAKE YOU A FAILURE? OR
DOES IT MEAN I HAVE BEEN BETRAYED? OR DOES IT SIMPLY MEAN THAT I
HEAPED UPON YOUR SLENDER SHOULDERS THE BURDEN OF IDEALISM - THAT I
PLACED YOU ON THE PEDESTAL OF MY HIGH STANDARDS AND CHAINED YOUR FEET
WITH HEAVY LINKS OF EXPECTATION? DID I ASK YOU TO BE GOD AND THEN
WEEP WHEN YOU WERE NOT?"
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SUSAN L.
LENZKES IN "A SILVER PEN FOR CLOUDY DAYS." |
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"THE
HUMAN MIND HAS NO MORE POWER OF INVENTING A NEW VALUE THAN OF
PLANTING A NEW SUN IN THE SKY OR A NEW PRIMARY COLOUR IN THE
SPECTRUM. . . ."
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CLIVE
STAPLES LEWIS IN "CHRISTIAN REFLECTIONS." |
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"SURELY
WHAT A MAN DOES WHEN HE IS TAKEN OFF HIS GUARD IS THE BEST EVIDENCE
FOR WHAT SORT OF MAN HE IS. . . ."
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"IF I FIND
IN MYSELF A DESIRE WHICH NO EXPERIENCE IN THIS WORLD CAN SATISFY, THE
MOST PROBABLE EXPLANATION IS THAT I WAS MADE FOR ANOTHER WORLD."
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"ATHEISM
TURNS OUT TO BE TOO SIMPLE. IF THE WHOLE UNIVERSE HAS NO MEANING, WE
SHOULD NEVER HAVE FOUND OUT THAT IS HAS NO MEANING. . . ."
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"NOW THAT I
AM A CHRISTIAN I DO NOT HAVE MOODS IN WHICH THE WHOLE THING LOOKS
VERY IMPROBABLE; BUT WHEN I WAS AN ATHEIST I HAD MOODS IN WHICH
CHRISTIANITY LOOKED TERRIBLY PROBABLE."
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CLIVE
STAPLES LEWIS IN "MERE CHRISTIANITY." |
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"HATRED
OBSCURES ALL DISTINCTIONS."
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CLIVE
STAPLES LEWIS IN "OF OTHER WORLDS." |
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"CRITICS
WHO TREAT ADULT AS A TERM OF APPROVAL, INSTEAD OF AS A MERELY
DESCRIPTIVE TERM, CANNOT BE ADULT THEMSELVES."
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CLIVE
STAPLES LEWIS IN "ON THREE WAYS OF WRITING FOR CHILDREN." |
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"'YOU COME
OF THE LORD ADAM AND THE LADY EVE,' SAID ASLAN. 'AND THAT IS BOTH
HONOUR ENOUGH TO ERECT THE HEAD OF THE POOREST BEGGAR, AND SHAME
ENOUGH TO BOW THE SHOULDERS OF THE GREATEST EMPEROR IN EARTH.'"
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CLIVE
STAPLES LEWIS IN "PRINCE CASPIAN." (OF "THE CHRONICLES
OF NARNIA") |
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"OF ALL BAD
MEN RELIGOUS BAD MEN ARE THE WORST."
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CLIVE
STAPLES LEWIS IN "REFLECTIONS ON THE PSALMS." |
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"REALLY, A
YOUNG ATHEIST CANNOT GUARD HIS FAITH TOO CAREFULLY. DANGERS LIE IN
WAIT FOR HIM ON EVERY SIDE."
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CLIVE
STAPLES LEWIS IN "SURPRISED BY JOY." |
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"AN OPEN
MIND, IN QUESTIONS THAT ARE NOT ULTIMATE, IS USEFUL. BUT AN OPEN MIND
ABOUT THE ULTIMATE FOUNDATIONS EITHER OF THEORETICAL OR OF PRACTICAL
REASON IS IDIOCY."
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CLIVE
STAPLES LEWIS IN "THE ABOLITION OF MAN." |
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"REALITY,
IN FACT, IS ALWAYS SOMETHING YOU COULDN'T HAVE GUESSED. THAT'S ONE OF
THE REASONS I BELIEVE CHRISTIANITY. IT'S A RELIGION YOU COULDN'T HAVE GUESSED."
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CLIVE
STAPLES LEWIS IN "THE CASE FOR CHRISTIANITY." |
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"FRIENDSHIP
IS BORN AT THE MOMENT WHEN ONE SAYS TO ANOTHER, 'WHAT, YOU TOO? I
THOUGHT NO-ONE BUT MYSELF...'"
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CLIVE
STAPLES LEWIS IN "THE FOUR LOVES." |
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"THOSE THAT
HATE GOODNESS ARE SOMETIMES NEARER THAN THOSE THAT KNOW NOTHING AT
ALL ABOUT IT AND THINK THEY HAVE IT ALREADY."
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CLIVE
STAPLES LEWIS IN "THE GREAT DIVORCE." |
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"IT MAY BE
BETTER TO LIVE UNDER ROBBER BARONS THAN UNDER OMNIPOTENT MORAL BUSYBODIES."
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CLIVE
STAPLES LEWIS IN "THE HUMANITARIAN THEORY OF PUNISHMENT." |
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"THERE IS A
KIND OF HAPPINESS AND WONDER THAT MAKES YOU SERIOUS. IT IS TOO GOOD
TO WASTE ON JOKES."
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CLIVE
STAPLES LEWIS IN "THE LAST BATTLE." (OF "THE
CHRONICLES OF NARNIA") |
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"'SAFE?'
SAID MR. BEAVER . . . 'WHO SAID ANYTHING ABOUT SAFE? 'COURSE HE ISN'T
SAFE. BUT HE IS GOOD. HE'S THE KING, I TELL YOU.'"
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CLIVE
STAPLES LEWIS IN "THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE."
(OF "THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA") |
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""EVERYONE
FEELS
BENEVOLENT
IF NOTHING HAPPENS TO BE ANNOYING HIM AT THE MOMENT."
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"WE REGARD
GOD AS AN AIRMAN REGARDS HIS PARACHUTE; IT IS THERE FOR EMERGENCIES,
BUT HE HOPES HE'LL NEVER HAVE TO USE IT."
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CLIVE
STAPLES LEWIS IN "THE PROBLEM OF PAIN." |
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"THE SAFEST
ROAD TO HELL IS THE GRADUAL ONE - THE GENTLE SLOPE, SOFT UNDERFOOT,
WITHOUT SUDDEN TURNINGS, WITHOUT MILESTONES, WITHOUT SIGNPOSTS."
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CLIVE
STAPLES LEWIS IN "THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS." |
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"'YOU WOULD
NOT HAVE CALLED TO ME UNLESS I HAD BEEN CALLING TO YOU,' SAID THE LION."
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CLIVE
STAPLES LEWIS IN "THE SILVER CHAIR." (OF "THE
CHRO |