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Quote by Leonardo da Vinci

“Just as a well-filled day brings blessed sleep, so a well-employed life brings a blessed death.”

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Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath whose works and ideas had a profound influence on the world. He was a renowned painter, sculptor, inventor, scientist, musician, and engineer. more

“Taking the continent as a whole, this religious tension may be responsible for the revival of the commonest racial feeling. Africa is divided into Black and White, and the names that are substituted- Africa south of the Sahara, Africa north of the Sahara- do not manage to hide this latent racism. Here, it is affirmed that White Africa has a thousand-year-old tradition of culture; that she is Mediterranean, that she is a continuation of Europe and that she shares in Graeco-Latin civilization. Black Africa is looked on as a region that is inert, brutal, uncivilized - in a word, savage.”

“Lukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so they never have to. They don't have to trust God if something unexpected happens- they have their savings account. They don't need God to help them- they have their retirement plan in place. They don't genuinely seek out what life God would have them live- they have life figured and mapped out. They don't depend on God on a daily basis- their refrigerators are full and, for the most part, they are in good health. The truth is, their lives wouldn't look much different if they suddenly stopped believing in God.”

Source: The Francis Chan Collection: Crazy Love, Forgotten God, Erasing Hell, and Multiply

“Think of this - that the writer wrote alone, and the reader read alone, and they were alone with each other.”

Thinking Reader

Author:A. S. Byatt

“I’m not sure which is worse: intense feeling, or the absence of it.”

Feelings Absence Intense Not Sure Intense Feelings

Author:Margaret Atwood

“I’m not just taking trips down memory lane; I’m broken down on it.”

Memories Broken Lanes Broken Down Memory Lane

Book:Gray

Source: Gray

“Risk, then, is not just part of life. It is life. The place between your comfort zone and your dream is where life takes place. It's the high-anxiety zone, but it's also where you discover who you are.”

Dream Risk Comfort Anxiety Who You Are Your Dreams Zone Comfort Zone Parts Of Life High Anxiety

Book:Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life

Source: Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life

“Our triumph over sorrow is not that we can avoid it but that we can endure it. And therein lies our hope; that in spirit we might become bigger than the problems we face.”

Problem Might Faces Spirit Lying Sorrow Bigger Endure Triumph

Book:Everyday Grace: Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness, and Making Miracles

Source: Everyday Grace: Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness, and Making Miracles

“She liked to sit on the front porch in the afternoons and read books she'd checked out from the library. Aside from coffee, reading was her only indulgence.”

Book Reading Fronts Library Coffee Afternoon Indulgence Porch Front Porches

Author:Nicholas Sparks

“Standing by and doing nothing while a sin is committed is as bad as committing the sin itself”

Sin Standing Committed Doing Nothing Amish

Author:Amish Tripathi

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