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“And when I give thanks for the seemingly microscopic, I make a place for God to grow within me.”

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Ann Voskamp, born on August 10, 1973, is a renowned American author whose works are known for their profound spiritual insights and unique perspectives on life. more

“The observations and encounters of a devotee of solitude and silence are at once less distinct and more penetrating than those of the sociable man; his thoughts are weightier, stranger, and never without a tinge of sadness. Images and perceptions which might otherwise be easily dispelled by a glance, a laugh, an exchange of comments, concern him unduly, they sink into mute depths, take on significance, become experiences, adventures, emotions.”

Source: Death in Venice, Tonio Kroger, and Other Writings: Thomas Mann

“The bravest and most noble are not those who take up arms, but those who are decent despite everything; who improve what it is in their power to improve, but do not imagine themselves to be saviours. In their humble struggle is true heroism.”

Struggle Imagine Arms Humble Noble Despite Decent Heroism Saviour

Author:Theodore Dalrymple

“If the history of the 20th Century proved anything, it proved that however bad things were, human ingenuity could usually find a way to make them worse.”

Ifs Way Humans Century Bad Things 20th Century Ingenuity

Author:Theodore Dalrymple

“A new consciousness is developing which sees the earth as a single organism and recognizes that an organism at war with itself is doomed. We are one planet. One of the great revelations of the age of space exploration is the image of the earth finite and lonely, somehow vulnerable, bearing the entire human species through the oceans of space and time.”

“Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything.”

Evil Virtue Cutting Easier Wickedness Short Cuts

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Johnson (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Samuel Johnson (Illustrated)

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