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The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.


William James

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CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed
In one self place, for where we are is hell,
A...
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ALAN GARRETT In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outs...
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN Mephistopheles: Within the bowels of these elements,
Where we are tortured and remain forever.<...
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE He fashioned hell for the inquisitive. [Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.]
SAINT AURELIUS AUGUSTINE I watched him even then as he fell, his face undefeated, his eyes still proud
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Receive thy new Possessor: One who brings
A mind...
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MARTY RUBIN Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell.
ROBERT G. INGERSOLL Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell...
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven, the best to hell.
ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will...
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Me: “I’m okay.”
Augustus: “Okay.” (...
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.
JEAN ROSTAND He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself
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MILAN KUNDERA A mind not to be changed by place or time.
The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can ma...
JOHN MILTON You think You're frightening me with Your hell, don't You? You think Your hell is worse than mine.
DOROTHY PARKER Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd in one self place; but where we are is hell,
And wher...
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IMELDA MARCOS We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed...
JOHN H. GROBERG Me miserable! Which way shall I fly
Infinite wrath and infinite despair?
Which way I fly i...
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THICH NHAT HANH There's no way in hell cash is about to come roaring back into the market.
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“In a slum somewhere in India
As...
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JOHN GREEN I'm feeling grand. I'm on a rollercoaster only going up.
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WILLIAM JAMES To change one's life: 1. Starte immediately, 2. Do it flamboyantly, 3. No exceptions. -William Jame...
WILLIAM JAMES To change ones life: Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly.
WILLIAM JAMES Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along ...
WILLIAM JAMES Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible
WILLIAM JAMES Ninety-nine hundredths or, possibly, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousandths of our activity is pur...
WILLIAM JAMES No human being ever learns to live until he has awakened to the dormant powers within him
WILLIAM JAMES The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.
WILLIAM JAMES Tell him to live by yes and no -- yes to everything good, no to everything bad.
WILLIAM JAMES