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“Seek not to know who said this or that, but take note of what has been said.”

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Thomas a Kempis (1380 - July 25, 1471) was a German canon, known for his spiritual writings. He is best known for his work 'The Imitation of Christ,' which has had a profound impact on Christian thought and practice. more

“I am often accused of being childish. I prefer to interpret that as child-like. I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things. I tend to exaggerate and fantasize and embellish. I still listen to instinctual urges. I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind. I never water my garden without soaking myself. It has been after such times of joy that I have achieved my greatest creativity and produced my best work.”

“I'd like to know about some of the things that they teach down there, like building a lake. If I ever wanted to build a lake, I'd like to know how to do it.”

Ifs Knows Wanted Teach Know How Building Lakes

Author:Tom Felton

“Nature wants us to enjoy life to the full and die without giving it a second thought; Christianity wants the opposite.”

Want Giving Religion Dies Enjoy Christianity Opposites Enjoy Life Want U Second Thoughts

Author:Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

“The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism, but February.... Spring is too far away to comfort even by anticipation, and winter long ago lost the charm of novelty. This is the very three a.m. of the calendar.”

Long Three Lost Serious Comfort Spring England Winter Charm Far Away Anticipation Long Ago Novelty Calendars February New England Puritanism

Author:Joseph Wood Krutch

“In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.”

Language Programming Programming Languages

Author:Alan Perlis

“In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.”

Errors Programming Programmers Reborn

Author:Alan Perlis

“All our lives we are putting pennies — our most golden pennies — into penny-in-the-slot machines that are almost always empty.”

Our Lives Empty Machines Golden Pennies Slot Machines Curmudgeon

Book:Afterthoughts

Source: Afterthoughts

“I wonder if Eve could write letters in Paradise! But, poor Eve, she had no one to write to - no one to whom to tell what Eden was, no beloved child to whom her love traveled through any or all space. Poor Eve!”

Ifs Writing Children Space Poor Wonder Letters Beloved Paradise Traveled Eden

Book:Life and Letters of Catherine M. Sedgwick

Source: Life and Letters of Catherine M. Sedgwick

“One lamp — thy mother’s love — amid the stars Shall lift its pure flame changeless, and before The throne of God, burn through eternity - Holy — as it was lit and lent thee here.”

Mother Stars Holy Pure Eternity Thee Lifts Flames Thrones Lit Lamps Mother's Love

Book:Poems of early and after years ... Illustrated by E. Leutze

Source: Poems of early and after years ... Illustrated by E. Leutze

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