In an age robbed of religious symbols, going to the shops replaces going to the church. We have a free choice, but at a price. We can win experience, but never achieve innocence. Marx knew that the epic activities of the modern world involve not lance and sword but dry goods.
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Related The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL That's really sad," Beth said softly, "To have no one left. R.J. SCOTT The idea is to believe me... but as far as I see the world... to believe is a sin... to trust me one... DEYTH BANGER 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL NATALIE URQUIETA We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Orion is above the horizon now, and near it Jupiter, brighter than it will ever be ... But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You're full of contradictions, Ms. Wallace." I looked up at him and arched a brow. "I'm a girl... TAMMARA WEBBER I'm serious, Harry, don't go." But Harry only had one thought in his head, which was to get back in ... J.K. ROWLING She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. 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EDITH WHARTON The struggle is part of your story but Everything will be in place in the right situation at a perfe... NAPZ CHERUB PELLAZO You can't be that or that or that... but you can try to behave as that... So, what next!?... DEYTH BANGER How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL He said it was the kind of book you made your own. STEPHEN CHBOSKY No hay nada como respirar hondo después de reírte tanto. Nada en el mundo como el dolor de estóma... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's nice to have things to look forward to. STEPHEN CHBOSKY We may claim to believe in God, but we don't want to believe so much that it makes us different. CRAIG GROESCHEL i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL I love you so much, so incredibly much," he went on, "and I forget when you're close to me, I forget... CASSANDRA CLARE I am but a message in a world full of messengers NICHOLAS JOHNSON They are going to pass out the rings in front of us, which is not classy. But, at the same time, the... CLINT DEMPSEY Because you might just get there and turn around and want to leave again. I'm not going to ping-pong... BUT APRIL I want to make sure it is out of there for good. Whatever it is, there is a shark floating in there ... BUT BURNETT Something wasn't right. It's pretty frustrating. I feel about two inches tall. BUT BURNETT Well? I mean, I know fatherhood isn't your strong suit, but I thought maybe you'd evolved a little s... BUT APRIL Last time I heard, she was still pregnant, and you were still in the running for daddy. BUT APRIL You will never find that life for which you are looking. When the gods created man they allotted to ... THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD Petty deviance is encouraged JKRAK I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children's stories. They were better than... NEIL GAIMAN Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irr... FRAN LEBOWITZ Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... We should not blame people by the mistakes of others. DANIEL MELGAçO Although it's great to appear to a feast, home is always sweet, though it may be lonely and cold lik... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA He brings the greatest conflict into the history of mankind. He will come soon to our world just lik... TOBA BETA You're going to have a hard time competing with them on price, but you can compete in terms of the k... DAVID HOGAN We knew we had the potential, but we knew it wasn't just going to be handed to us. We know that we h... GRIFFIN MCNABB Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. CHLOE THURLOW An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now. KILROY J. OLDSTER I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH We knew it was going to be difficult to get to the moon. We didn't know how difficult. ALAN BEAN Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. Advocacy groups in the USA, as in other countries, may not be able to silence this hateful, cowardly... CHRISTINA ENGELA We knew we were going back, but it's going to be a good experience for the rookies. Being in that en... MANNY LOPEZ That's what's happening... zombies are out... but in hour movie... not in series. DEYTH BANGER We knew we were going to have to play well to win. At our drawing, I thought about going in the uppe... TODD ENGLE We knew that one of us was going to have an undefeated season and not win the national championship,... GARRETT SMITH The universe is so vast, so immense, we can never expect to explore it all. It is in effect, not so ... CHRISTINA ENGELA Friendship is a double-edged sword one side it can be great and true but the other side it spells be... GARY F EVANS... Now is everything Now is the essence Now is the focus Focus on the now For that ... KAREN HACKEL I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON That ices games for us. We've got great shooters, but we knew they were going to foul us at the end.... HENRY UHEGWU Clay in the hands of a good potter suffers so many good turns, but in the end, we see its real and t... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA I wasn't going to come to some place where we were going to lose, ... I knew we were going to be goo... CUTTINO MOBLEY I shiver, thinking about how easy it is to be totally wrong about people-- to see one tiny part of t... LAUREN OLIVER There is no longer a single idea explaining everything, but an infinite number of essences giving a ... ALBERT CAMUS The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS I can't solve the problems of the world, but being the best person I can be will certainly lessen th... JIM GENOVESE If you say you will lead a people to a new age then do it, but don't hide behind your laws as an exc... DEAN IBERHYSAJ It is not the grain of grass that will decide mans future but the bullet that comes from the barrel ... DEAN IBERHYSAJ Philosophies of the world:
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Chinese Philosophy: Lets fake it
West... APURVA GAGLANI Controlling, Sickening, Demoralizing, Disgraceful, Limiting, and Falsely "Ambitionizingly" Repetitiv... NICKOLE SANDERS The scientific method gives us
information by testing and repeating observable things so that we
can... LEWIS N. ROE There are so many priests who enter triumphantly and walk up toward the altar, greeting people left ... ROBERT SARAH In a world in which the common rule which binds and regulates what the general masses feel is underm... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Agnosticism is the philosophical, ethical and religious dry-rot of the modern world. F. E. ABBOT
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