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“If war's first victim is truth, its second is clerical efficiency.”

Quote by David Mitchell

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David Mitchell is a British novelist known for his unique narrative techniques and profound humanistic concerns. His works often blend humor, satire, and philosophical thinking, winning him a wide audience. more

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“Christians have abused, oppressed, enslaved, insulted, tormented, tortured, and killed people in the name of God for centuries, on the basis of a thelogically defensible reading of the Bible.”

People Christian Reading Names Century Bases Oppressed Insulted

Book:Letter to a Christian Nation

Source: Letter to a Christian Nation

“We thought all this teaching was to make us smart. What it did was make us stupid. With all the little facts we learned, we never had the time to think.”

Thinking Littles Facts Teaching Stupid Smart Time To Think

Book:Survivor: A Novel

Source: Survivor: A Novel

“She sleeps: her breathings are not heard In palace chambers far apart. The fragrant tresses are not stirr'd That lie upon her charmed heart She sleeps: on either hand upswells The gold-fringed pillow lightly prest: She sleeps, nor dreams, but ever dwells A perfect form in perfect rest.”

Heart Dream Hands Form Lying Sleep Perfect Heard Gold Breathing Chamber Palaces Pillow Charmed Tresses

Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson

“He came up straight to her father, whose hands he took and wrung without a word - holding them in his for a minute or two, during which time his face, his eyes, his look, told of more sympathy than could be put into words.”

Looks Two Hands Eye Faces Father Minutes Empathy His Eyes

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (Illustrated)

“With Marguerite, he wanted only time—more and more time—and he was granted it, nighttimes and daytimes and nighttimes again.”

Wanted Granted More Time Only Time

Book:The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Source: The Five People You Meet In Heaven

“‎"Do you know that nothing you do in this life will ever matter, unless it is about loving God and loving the people he has made?”

People Knows Made Matter This Life Do You Know Loving God Crazy Love Book

Book:Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

Source: Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

“Attempt to be creative for the joy it brings… Select something like music, dance, sculpture, or poetry. Being creative will help you enjoy life. It engenders a spirit of gratitude. It develops latent talent, sharpens your capacity to reason, to act, and to find purpose in life. It dispels loneliness and heartache. It gives a renewal, a spark of enthusiasm, and zest for life.”

“I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.”

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Author:George H. W. Bush

“The Divine Light is always in man, presenting itself to the senses and to the comprehension, but man rejects it.”

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Author:Giordano Bruno

“Perchance you who pronounce my sentence are in greater fear than I who receive it.”

Fear Greater Atheism Sentences Heresy

Book:Giordano Bruno; his life and thought: With annotated translation of his work, On the infinite universe and worlds

Source: Giordano Bruno; his life and thought: With annotated translation of his work, On the infinite universe and worlds