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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.

 

 

I never could let go of a book, until I learned to save the best parts.

 

 

 

 

"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"

 

 

"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

 

 

A

RICHARD GEORGE ADAMS

B

RICHARD DAVID BACH

KARL W. BAKER

JOSEPH T. BAYLY

DAVID BEN-GURION

VICTOR BORGE

EMILY JANE BRONTE

RUDOLF HARALD BRUHN

PEARL SYDENSTRICKER BUCK

RICH BUHLER

C

ANTHONY "TONY" CAMPOLO

OSWALD CHAMBERS

SÉBASTIEN ROCH NICOLAS CHAMFORT

BILL CLEAVER

VERA CLEAVER

MARIE CHAPIAN

MAMIE GENE COLE

WILLIAM HENRY "BILL" COSBY, JR.

D

BARBARA DE ANGELIS

CAROLINA MARIA DE JESUS

ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPERY

CHARLES HUFFAM DICKENS

JOHANNA-RUTH DOBSCHINER

RONALD DUNN

E

JONI TADA EARICKSON

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

MICHAEL ENDE

F

ANNE FRANK

FYNN

G

LEO GARTENBERG

H

OLE KRISTIAN HALLESBY

RICHARD C. HALVERSON

TIM HANSEL

EJNER HANSEN

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

TOREY LYNN HAYDEN

PIET HEIN

GRETHE HELTBERG

JOYCE SEQUICHIE HIFLER

VICTOR-MARIE HUGO

J

CARSTEN JENSEN

FLEMMING JENSEN

RON JONES

K

PHILLIP KELLER

DANIEL R. KEYES

SØREN KIERKEGAARD

L

SUSAN L. LENZKES

CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS

MAX L. LUCADO

KNUD EJLER LØGSTRUP

M

JOHN F. MACARTHUR JR.

MORRIS MANDEL

ANTHONY RICHARD MASTERS

IAN RUSSELL MCEWAN

ALAN LOY MCGINNIS

CALVIN MILLER

ALAN ALEXANDER MILNE

O

JOHN GERALD O'HURLEY

P

MORGAN SCOTT PECK

FRANK E. PERETTI

JOHN POWELL

R

GILDA SUSAN RADNER

HALFDAN RASMUSSEN

LILLIAN BRESLOW RUBIN

JOHN RUSKIN

S

OLIVER WOLF SACKS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

CHARLES MONROE SHELDON

VERONICA A. SHOFFSTALL

LEWIS BENEDICT SMEDES

HANNAH WHITALL SMITH

ALEKSANDR ISAYEVICH SOLZHENITSYN

JOHN ERNST STEINBECK

T

RABINDRANATH TAKHUR

CORRIE TEN BOOM

JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN

V

AASMUND OLAVSON VINJE

W

JOHN WESLEY

THOMAS WINDING

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

 

 

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"TODAY I HAVE GROWN TALLER FROM WALKING WITH THE TREES."

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KARL W. BAKER

 

 

"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."

 

 

"IN ORDER TO BE A REALIST YOU MUST BELIEVE IN MIRACLES."

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DAVID BEN-GURION

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"MANY PEOPLE NEGLECT SMALL HAPPINESS, AS THEY WAIT IN VAIN FOR THE BIG ONE."

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PEARL SYDENSTRICKER BUCK

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"THE MOST THOROUGHLY WASTED OF ALL DAYS IS THAT ON WHICH ONE HAS NOT LAUGHED."

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SÉBASTIEN ROCH NICOLAS CHAMFORT

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"YOU HAD FAITH, AND NOW YOU DON'T HAVE IT ANYMORE?"

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CAROLINA MARIA DE JESUS IN "CHILD OF THE DARK."

 

 

"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."

 

 

 “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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"...CHRIST JESUS CAME INTO THIS WORLD TO KILL RELIGION...."

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JOHANNA-RUTH DOBSCHINER IN "CHOSEN TO LIVE."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

 "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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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

 

 

"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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GRETHE HELTBERG

 

 

"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?"

~~~

JOYCE SEQUICHIE HIFLER IN "THINK ON THESE THINGS."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"DEN DRUKNER EJ, SOM HÆNGES SKAL."

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CARSTEN JENSEN I "VI, DE DRUKNEDE."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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 IN "THE ACORN PEOPLE."

 

 

"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."

 

 

“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."

 

 

"DEN, SOM VOVER, MISTER FODFÆSTET FOR EN STUND. DEN SOM INTET VOVER MISTER SIG SELV."

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SØREN KIERKEGAARD

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"HATRED OBSCURES ALL DISTINCTIONS."

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CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS IN "OF OTHER WORLDS."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"'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")

 

 

"OF ALL BAD MEN RELIGOUS BAD MEN ARE THE WORST."

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CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS IN "REFLECTIONS ON THE PSALMS."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"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")

 

 

"'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")

 

 

""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."

 

 

"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."

 

 

"'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