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“O, how easy it would appear to be to live in simplicity and love, and yet how difficult it is for our corrupt hearts to live in love!”

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John of Kronstadt

John of Kronstadt (1829-1908) was a Russian saint known for his piety and miracles. Born on October 19, 1829, he passed away on December 20, 1908. more

“When my father finally got around to teaching me to drive, he was impressed at my "natural" talent for driving, not knowing that I had already been secretly driving my mother's car around the neighborhood. When I took the test and got my license and my father gave me my own set of keys to the car one night at dinner, it was a major rite of passage for him and my mother. Their perception of me had changed and was formally acknowledged. For me the occasion meant a private sanction to do in public what I had already been doing in secret.”

“Faith is like private capital, stored in one's own house. It is like a public savings bank or loan office, from which individuals receive assistance in their days of need; but here the creditor quietly takes his interest for himself.”

Needs House Individual Interest Office Saving Privacy Assistance Loan Savings Creditors

Book:Criticisms, Reflections, and Maxims of Goethe

Source: Criticisms, Reflections, and Maxims of Goethe

“To create a public scandal is what's wicked; to sin in private is not a sin.”

Sin Wicked Privacy Scandal

Author:Moliere

“Then worms shall try That long preserved virginity, And your quaint honor turn to dust, And into ashes all my lust. The grave's a fine and private place But none, I think, do there embrace.”

Thinking Trying Long Turns Fine Honor Embrace Graves Lust Dust Privacy Ashes Worms Virginity Quaint

Author:Moliere

“Private opinion creates public opinion. Public opinion overflows eventually into national behavior as things are arranged at present, can make or mar the world. That is why private opinion, and private behavior, and private conversation are so terrifyingly important.”

World Important Opinion Conversation Behavior Privacy Mars Public Opinion Overflow

Author:Jan Struther

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