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1Sam24:12
..but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 1Sam24:12.
This is breathtakingly thought provoking...
“The man who refuses to judge, who neither agrees nor disagrees, who declares that there are no absolutes and believes that he escapes responsibility, is the man responsible for all the blood that is now spilled in the world. Reality is an absolute, existence is an absolute, a speck of dust is an absolute and so is a human life. Whether you live or die is an absolute. Whether you have a piece of bread or not, is an absolute. Whether you eat your bread or see it vanish into a looter's stomach, is an absolute.
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil. The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice. But the man in the middle is the knave who blanks out the truth in order to pretend that no choice or values exist, who is willing to sit out the course of any battle, willing to cash in on the blood of the innocent or to crawl on his belly to the guilty, who dispenses justice by condemning both the robber and the robbed to jail, who solves conflicts by ordering the thinker and the fool to meet each other halfway. In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit. In that transfusion of blood which drains the good to feed the evil, the compromise is the transmitting rubber tube.”
~ Ayn Rand
“The man who refuses to judge, who neither agrees nor disagrees, who declares that there are no absolutes and believes that he escapes responsibility, is the man responsible for all the blood that is now spilled in the world. Reality is an absolute, existence is an absolute, a speck of dust is an absolute and so is a human life. Whether you live or die is an absolute. Whether you have a piece of bread or not, is an absolute. Whether you eat your bread or see it vanish into a looter's stomach, is an absolute.
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil. The man who is wrong still retains some respect for truth, if only by accepting the responsibility of choice. But the man in the middle is the knave who blanks out the truth in order to pretend that no choice or values exist, who is willing to sit out the course of any battle, willing to cash in on the blood of the innocent or to crawl on his belly to the guilty, who dispenses justice by condemning both the robber and the robbed to jail, who solves conflicts by ordering the thinker and the fool to meet each other halfway. In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit. In that transfusion of blood which drains the good to feed the evil, the compromise is the transmitting rubber tube.”
~ Ayn Rand
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1Sam24:12
..but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 1Sam24:12.
“Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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”An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” Gandhi
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"Peel back all of the laughter and smiling
Let your emotions have the day off
So you can see what's underneath it all
And take away the people; the ones you depend on
Remove your successes and the empires you've built
Swallow your pride and tear down the walls
And reality will unfold and the truth is told
When no one is watching; it's just you and the wind
When the masquerades are over, who are you then?
Take a look inside your heart
Because whatever remains is who you really are."
-Ronnie Freeman, "Who You Really Are"
Let your emotions have the day off
So you can see what's underneath it all
And take away the people; the ones you depend on
Remove your successes and the empires you've built
Swallow your pride and tear down the walls
And reality will unfold and the truth is told
When no one is watching; it's just you and the wind
When the masquerades are over, who are you then?
Take a look inside your heart
Because whatever remains is who you really are."
-Ronnie Freeman, "Who You Really Are"
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moerunamida
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"That which doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
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Oh, the comfort —
the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person —
having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words,
but pouring them all right out,
just as they are,
chaff and grain together;
certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them,
keep what is worth keeping,
and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.
~George Eliot
the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person —
having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words,
but pouring them all right out,
just as they are,
chaff and grain together;
certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them,
keep what is worth keeping,
and then with the breath of kindness blow the rest away.
~George Eliot
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1Sam24:12
..but mine hand shall not be upon thee. 1Sam24:12.
“Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A meaningful life that ultimately brings happiness and pride requires you to respond to temptations as well as challenges with honor, dignity, and courage.” ~ Laura Schlessinger
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"Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference."--Robert Frost
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"Homemaking is surely, in reality, the most important work in the world.
What do ships, railways, mines, cars, government, etc. exist except that people may be fed, warmed, and safe in their own homes? ...The homemakers job is one for which all others exist."
-C.S. Lewis
What do ships, railways, mines, cars, government, etc. exist except that people may be fed, warmed, and safe in their own homes? ...The homemakers job is one for which all others exist."
-C.S. Lewis
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Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.--Kurt Cobain
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/k/kurt_cobain.html#96Jv6koch3tOdRpQ.99
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/k/kurt_cobain.html#96Jv6koch3tOdRpQ.99
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"If people are good only because they fear punishment and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed." -Albert Einstein
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