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One evening, for example, he was troubled because he could no longer tell whether or not his actions were pleasing to God. He went to see the bishop and asked what he should do.'Abraham took in strangers, and God was happy,' came the reply. 'Elijah disliked strangers, and God was happy. David was proud of what he was doing, and God was happy. The publican before the alter was ashamed of what he did, and God was happy. John the Baptist went out into the desert, and God was happy. Paul went to... Paulo Coelho
One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do. Henry Ford
One of the best known, and one of the least intelligible, facts of literary history is the lateness, in Western European Literature at any rate, of prose fiction, and the comparative absence, in the two great classical languages, of what we call by that name. George Saintsbury
Robert James Waller quote: "One great love in a single lifetime was enough for anyone."
One great love in a single lifetime was enough for anyone. Robert James Waller
George Bernard Shaw quote: "Greatness is one of the sensations of littleness"
Greatness is one of the sensations of littleness George Bernard Shaw
Norman Mailer quote: "Great hope has no real footing unless one is willing to face..."
Great hope has no real footing unless one is willing to face into the doom that may also be on the way. p.207 Norman Mailer
Joseph Campbell quote: "One great thing about growing old is that nothing is going to..."
One great thing about growing old is that nothing is going to lead to anything. Everything is of the moment. Joseph Campbell
Milton Friedman quote: "One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by..."
One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results. Milton Friedman
One of the characteristics that laymen find most odd about zoologists is their insatiable enthusiasm for animal droppings. I can understand, of course, that the droppings yield a great deal of information about the habits and diets of the animals concerned, but nothing quite explains the sheer glee that the actual objects seem to inspire. Douglas Adams
One's duty is to feel what is great, cherish the beautiful, and to not accept the conventions of society with the ignominy that it imposes upon us. Gustave Flaubert
Charles Bukowski quote: "great books are the ones we need"
great books are the ones we need Charles Bukowski
Zora Neale Hurston quote: "one finds great comfort in good dinners"
one finds great comfort in good dinners Zora Neale Hurston
George W. Bush quote: "One of the great things about books is sometimes there are..."
One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures. George W. Bush
Great Timon, noble, worthy, royal Timon! Ah, when the means are gone that buy this praise, The breath is gone whereof this praise is made: Feast-won, fast-lost; one cloud of winter showers, These flies are couch'd. William Shakespeare
Edith Wharton quote: "One of the great things about travel is you find out how many..."
One of the great things about travel is you find out how many good, kind people there are. Edith Wharton

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