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“Regard man as a mine rich in gems of inestimable value. Education can, alone, cause it to reveal its treasures, and enable mankind to benefit there from.”

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Bahá'u'lláh

Bahá'u'lláh, originally known as Mirza Husayn-'Ali, is the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. Born in Najaf, Iran, he passed away in Acre, Ottoman Empire. Bahá'u'lláh proposed a series of religious and philosophical ideas in the 19th century that have had a profound impact on world religion and culture. more

“How is it that, a full two centuries after Jane Austen finished her manuscript, we come to the world of Pride and Prejudice and find ourselves transcending customs, strictures, time, mores, to arrive at a place that educates, amuses, and enthralls us? It is a miracle. We read in bed because reading is halfway between life and dreaming, our own consciousness in someone else's mind.”

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Book:How Reading Changed My Life

Source: How Reading Changed My Life

“The acceptance of the reality that we are in the Lord's loving hands is only a recognition that we have never really been anywhere else.”

Hands Reality Lord Acceptance Recognition Loving Hands

Author:Neal A. Maxwell

“I guess I just couldn't see standing there -- alive, talking, thinking, breathing, being -- one second, and dead the next. It really bothered me. Death by violence isn't the same as dying any other way, accident or disease or old age. It just ain't the same.”

Thinking Way Age Next Talking Alive Violence Dying Disease Standing Accidents Old Age Breathing Bothered Standing There

Book:That Was Then, This Is Now

Source: That Was Then, This Is Now

“Truly we work and live on a streetful of splendid people, whom we are to love and serve even if they are uninterested in us!”

People Ifs Splendid Uninterested

Author:Neal A. Maxwell

“[The captain] looked at Florentino Ariza, his invincible power, his intrepid love and was overwhelmed by the belated suspicion that it is life, more than death, that has no limits.”

Limits Suspicion Captains Overwhelmed Invincible Belated

Author:Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“Rather than bring the full force of our creativity and rationality to bear on the problems of ethics, social cohesion, and even spiritual experience, moderates merely ask that we relax our standard of adherence to ancient superstitions and taboos, while otherwise maintaining a belief system that was passed down to us from men and women whose lives were simply ravaged by their basic ignorance about the world.”

Source: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

“Mom?" I said. She turned. "Can I talk to you about something?" "Of course, darling. Come here." I took a few steps into the room. There was so much I wanted to say. "I need you to be --" I said, and then I started to cry. "Be what?" she said, opening her arms. "Not sad," I said.”

Needs Said Wanted Courses Rooms Steps Cry Arms Mom Opening Need You Darling I Need You

Book:The History of Love: A Novel

Source: The History of Love: A Novel

“Innocence is a kind of insanity”

Kind Innocence Insanity

Book:The Collected Edition: The quiet American

Source: The Collected Edition: The quiet American

“I scarcely remember counting upon happiness—I look not for it if it be not in the present hour—nothing startles me beyond the moment. The setting sun will always set me to rights, or if a sparrow come before my Window I take part in its existence and pick about the gravel.”

Ifs Looks Moments Remember Hours Existence Sun Rights Picks Window Setting Settings Counting Sparrows Gravel

Book:John Keats - The Man Behind The Lyrics: Life, letters, and literary remains: Complete Letters and Two Extensive Biographies of one of the most beloved English Romantic poets

Source: John Keats - The Man Behind The Lyrics: Life, letters, and literary remains: Complete Letters and Two Extensive Biographies of one of the most beloved English Romantic poets

“Nature is God's first missionary. Where there is no Bible there are sparkling stars. Where there are not preachers there are spring times... If a person has nothing but nature, then nature is enough to reveal something about God.”

Ifs Firsts Persons Enough Stars Spring Missionary Preacher Sparkling Spring Time

Author:Max Lucado

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