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Quotes To Live By (page 112)

But when you have order, you don't need Gods. When everything is well ordered and disciplined then nothing is unexpected. If you understand everything,' I said carefully, 'then there's no room left for magic. It's only when you're lost and frightened and in the dark that you call on the Gods, and they like us to call on them. It makes them feel powerful, and that's why they like us to live in chaos. Bernard Cornwell
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "but they were frightened at his survivant will, once a will to..."
but they were frightened at his survivant will, once a will to live, now become a will to die. F. Scott Fitzgerald
I congratulate you and my country on the singular favor of heaven in the peaceable and auspicious settlement of our government upon a Constitution formed by wisdom, and sanctified by the solemn choice of the people who are to live under it. May the Supreme ruler of the world be pleased to establish and perpetuate these new foundations of liberty and glory....Thank God, my country is saved and by the smile of Heaven I am a free and independant man. John Hancock
I worship individuals for their highest possibilities as individuals and I loathe humanity for its failure to live up to these possibilities. Ayn Rand
Albert Camus quote: "But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill..."
But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself. Albert Camus
fire is beautifuland we know that if we gettoo close it will kill usbut what does that matterit is better to be happy for a momentand be burned up with beautythan to live a long timeand be bored all the while Don Marquis
As music becomes less of a thing--a cylinder, a cassette, a disc--and more ephemeral, perhaps we will begin to assign an increasing value to live performances again. David Byrne
Besides, if I am truly immortal, I am my own grandchild, my own descendant, my own dynasty. I am not obliged to live on through what I pass down to others. Tom Robbins
You seek escape from pain. We seek the achievement of happiness. You exist for the sake of avoiding punishment. We exist for the sake of earning rewards. Threats will not make us function; fear is not our incentive. It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live Ayn Rand
My misfortune is doubly painful to me because it will result in my being misunderstood. For me there can be no recreation in the company of others, no intelligent conversation, no exchange of information with peers; only the most pressing needs can make me venture into society. I am obliged to live like an outcast. Ludwig van Beethoven
Jose Ortega y Gasset quote: "The poet begins where the man ends. The man's lot is to live..."
The poet begins where the man ends. The man's lot is to live his human life, the poet's to invent what is nonexistent. Jose Ortega y Gasset
Bob Dylan quote: "The truth was obscure, Too profound and too pure, To live it..."
The truth was obscure, Too profound and too pure, To live it you had to explode Bob Dylan
Cormac McCarthy quote: "Best way to live in California is to be from somewheres else."
Best way to live in California is to be from somewheres else. Cormac McCarthy
Man is a fallen star till he is right with heaven: he is out of order with himself and all around him till he occupies his true place in relation to God. When he serves God, he has reached that point where he doth serve himself best, and enjoys himself most. It is man's honour, it is man's joy, it is man's heaven, to live unto God. Charles Spurgeon
Henry Beston quote: "Poetry is as necessary to comprehension as science. It is as..."
Poetry is as necessary to comprehension as science. It is as impossible to live without reverence as it is without joy. Henry Beston

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