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By daily contrition, and habitual mortification of the flesh, man is day by day RENEWED, bearing heavenly fruits and celestial graces, of an inexplicable sweetness. Contrariwise, the pleasure of the world bringeth heaviness of heart, vexation of spirit, and a wounded conscience: yea, so great hence is the calamity of the soul, and so heavy the loss of the heavenly gift (a loss which necessarily flows from the pleasures of the flesh, and from worldly delights) that he who duly calls the same to mind, cannot be exceedingly fear and dread any of the fleshly and worldly joys, which serve but to divert him from those that are spiritual and heavenly, and to quench in him the most sweet grace of devotion that brings the soul into the kingdom of God. — Johann Arndt

Self is a sea boundless and measureless. — Kahlil Gibran

I give Raffe a quick hug. I don't care who sees me at this point. Raffe might, though. — Susan Ee

American politics can produce great men and women, but it is profoundly insular. — George Packer

One is a member of a country, a profession, a civilization, a religion. One is not just a man. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The pessimist says opportunities are NO WHERE. The optimist says opportunities are NOW HERE. Both see the same words, but read it differently. That's Life!-RVM — R.v.m.

First Lieutenant George Armstrong Custer - his new regular army rank dated to July 17 - was — Thom Hatch

There's a lot of uncertainty that's not clear in my mind. — Gib Lewis

If a bank is robbed by one of its employees, do you think the bank is corrupt? I don't think so. I think it's a victim. — Pierre Moreau