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Quote by Jonathan Swift

“Live every day as your last, because one of these days, it will be.”

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Jonathan Swift, born on November 30, 1667, and died on October 19, 1745, was an Irish writer, satirist, and politician, renowned for his satirical works. more

“The reading of the word of God should be performed in solitude, in order that the whole mind of the reader might be plunged into the truths of the Holy Scripture, and that from this he might receive warmth, which in solitude produces tears; from these a man is wholly warmed and is filled with spiritual gifts, which rejoice the mind and heart more than any word.”

Men Should Mind Heart Whole Might Spiritual Order Reading Produce Tears Reader Holy Solitude Filled Scripture Warmth Word Of God Rejoice Heart And Mind Holy Scriptures Spiritual Gifts

Author:Seraphim of Sarov

“The body is a slave, the soul a sovereign, and therefore it is due to Divine mercy when the body is worn out by illness: for thereby the passions are weakened, and a man comes to himself; indeed, bodily illness itself is sometimes caused by the passions.”

Men Soul Sometimes Body Passion Divine Mercy Slave Illness Dues Worn Sovereign Worn Out Divine Mercy

Author:Seraphim of Sarov

“Those who have truly decided to serve the Lord God should practice the remembrance of God and uninterrupted prayer to Jesus Christ, mentally saying: Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.”

Should Jesus Christ Prayer Lord Practice Son Jesus Christ Decided Mercy Sinner Remembrance Orthodox Christian Lord Jesus Christ Lord God

Author:Seraphim of Sarov

“The United Nations would probably have to rest on two pillars: one constituted by an assembly of equal executive representatives of individual countries, resembling the present plenary, and the other consisting of a group elected directly by the globe's population in which the number of delegates representing individual nations would, thus, roughly correspond to the size of the nations.”

Two Country Individual Nations United Numbers Groups Equal Size Population Executives Representatives Globes United Nations Assembly Representing Pillars Delegates

Author:Vaclav Havel

“We need a global parliament, a global government and possibly a global ministry for security.”

Needs Government Security Ministry Parliament

Author:Lech Walesa

“I've only ever wanted to be a singer; I never wanted to be famous.”

Wanted Singers

Author:Katherine Jenkins

“Unless some effective supranational government can be set up and brought quickly into action, the prospects of peace and human progress are dark and doubtful.”

Humans Government Action Dark Progress Doubtful Prospects Human Progress

Author:Winston Churchill

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