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“Abraham Lincoln once walked down the street with his two sons, both of whom were crying. "What's the matter with you boys?" asked a passerby. "Exactly what is wrong with the whole world," said Lincoln. "I have three walnuts, and each boy wants two."”
“Abraham Lincoln quoted the Scriptures in an 1858 speech to the Illinois Republican Convention. He said, “ A house divided against itself cannot stand.” That, I fear, is where diversity leads. If by that term we refer to love and tolerance for peoples who are different from one another, it has great validity for us. But if by diversity we mean that all of us have been given reason to resent one another. Having no common values, heritage, commitment, or hope, then we are a nation in serious trouble.”
Source: Life on the Edge: The Next Generation's Guide to a Meaningful Future
“Abraham Lincoln recognized that we could not survive as a free land when some men could decide that others were not fit to be free and should therefore be slaves. Likewise, we cannot survive as a free nation when some men decide that others are not fit to live and should be abandoned to abortion or infanticide.”
“Abraham Lincoln suffered through depression through his life and then suffered through the pain of conducting a civil war, and emerged with the sense that Providence had taken control of his life, that he was a small instrument in a transcendent task.”
“Abraham Lincoln suggested never presume to know what God's will is, and I would never presume to know God's will or to speak God's words.”
“Abraham Lincoln truly inspired me. It wasn’t just the freeing of the slaves, he kept the Union together. Some people even forget that today. What I think inspired me was the fact that in spite of being the president of the United States he retained a certain down-to-earth quality. He never got to be a big shot, and he cared about people.”
“Abraham Lincoln was a melancholy man, so he had a dark side that appeals to horror fans.”
“Abraham Lincoln was asked by an aide about the church service he had attended. Lincoln responded that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent and the topic relevant. The aide said, “Then it was a good service?” Lincoln responded, “No.” The aide protested, “But, Mr. President, you said that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-prepared, eloquent, and that the topic was relevant.” “Yes,” replied Lincoln, “but he didn’t challenge us to do any great thing.”
“Abraham Lincoln was correct when he said that less than one-half day's cost of the Civil War could have purchased the freedom of all the slaves in Delaware.
The Civil War cost the two sides a total of $6.6 billion in 1860s dollars, enough to buy the freedom of all the slaves at their 1860 market value, give each slave family 40 acres and a mule and make $3.5 billion in reparations to former slaves in lieu of 100 years of back wages.”
“Abraham Lincoln was interested in, in saving the Union. Well, most negroes have been tricked into thinking that Lincoln was a negro lover whose primary aim was to free them, and he died because he freed them.”
“Abraham Lincoln was not all brooding and melancholy and patient understanding. There was a hard core in him, and plenty of toughness. He could recognize a revolutionary situation when he saw one, and he could act fast and ruthlessly to meet it.”
Source: This Hallowed Ground: A History of the Civil War
“Abraham Lincoln was not philosopher, exactly. But he did have a strong mind, which sought generalizations as well as particulars. He had a terrific memory.”
“Abraham Lincoln was on the side of the social scientists when he said, "God must have loved the people of lower and middle socioeconomic status, because he made such a multiplicity of them.”
Source: Strictly Speaking: Will america be the Death of English?
“Abraham Lincoln was, in my judgment, in many respects, the grandest man ever President of the United States. Upon his monument these words should be written: "Here sleeps the only man in the history of the world who, having been clothed with almost absolute power, never abused it, except upon the side of mercy."”
Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“Abraham Lincoln would have been happy to have solved the slavery problem by compensation - in fact, drew up a gradual, compensated emancipation plan as early as November, 1861 - but no slaveholders were willing to go along with it.”
“Abraham Lincoln, in order to maintain the unity of the United Statesresorted to the use of force.so, I think Abraham Lincoln, president, is a model, is an example.”
“Abraham Lincoln, who said, A house divided... is a condominium. Never got a dinner!”
“Abraham Maslow said that the fully realized person transcends his local group and identifies with the species. But the election of Ronald Reagan might've been the beginning of my giving up on my species. Because it was absurd. To this day it remains absurd. More than absurd, it was frightening: it represented the rise to supremacy of darkness, the ascendancy of ignorance.”
“Abraham Maslow taught me, that when you're working with a patient, never let them spend more than a few moments on the problem, because what you think about is what expands, and if they're talking about the problem all the time, when they leave your session, the problem will expand. Get 'em to put their attention on what they intend to create, or on solutions.”
“Abraham responds "Here I am" when God asks him to sacrifice his son, and he answers "Here I am" when his son asks him about what is happening. It's a paradoxical moment. He can't be fully present for his God or his son.”
“Abraham's blessing couldn't have any successful
opposition. No one could take what belonged to
him without repercussions.”
Source: BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE
“Abraham teaches us the right way of conversing with God : "And Abraham fell on his face, and God talked with him." When we plead with Him, our faces should be in the dust.”
Source: The works of the Rev. Richard Cecil ... with a memoir of his life: Arranged and rev., with a view of the author's character
“Abraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian; but he was true in Faith, and bowed his will to GOD, and he joined not gods with GOD.”
“Abraham wasn't perfect. He failed, made mistakes. But, he would go back, get right with God, and then just keep moving forward. He didn't quit when things got hard. He just kept on going. And everywhere he went, God was there. God was with him.”
“Abraham Zogoiby covered his face that night in August 1939 because he had been assailed by fear, [...] a sudden apprehension that the ugliness of life might defeat its beauty; that love did not make lovers invulnerable. Nevertheless, he thought, even if the world's beauty and love were on the edge of destruction, theirs would still be the only side to be on; defeated love would still be love, hate's victory would not make it other than it was.”
“Abraham," he said. "I'm pleased to see you alive, old friend." "And I to see you dead.”
“Abraham: You did not come into this environment to create through action. Instead, your action is meant to be a way in which you enjoy what you have created through thought.”
Source: The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham
“Abrahamism is set up in such a way that God cannot punish anyone, only reward them with heaven. Someone else has to do the punishing, hence “Satan”. But if Satan is God’s sworn enemy why would he do God’s punishing for him? Why wouldn’t he reward those who rejected God, exactly as he’d done? They’re on his side. They’re allies, not souls to be punished. Abrahamism promotes a notion that the “good guys” can never punish anyone, but Abrahamism is also based on the eternal punishment of the “bad guys”. So, the logic, or rather illogic, of Abrahamism requires the bad guys to organise their own punishment. But why would they? What’s in it for them? Moreover, the bad guy head honcho is supposed to be the punisher in chief. But why would he punish people who had disobeyed God? Why wouldn’t he have a party with them? Abrahamism is wholly devoid of sense.”
Source: All the Rest is Propaganda
“Abram and Antonia Chayes even redefined sovereignty itself to mean not the right to be left alone but the right to participate in international organizations and networks.”
Source: The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World
“Abram, having failed in Genesis 13, comes through with flying colors in this battle of faith because he aligns himself with God, and he refuses to allow his heart to be compromised by the possibility of taking the riches that this world can offer.”
“Abrams's Advice: When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.”
Source: The Official Rules: 5,427 Laws, Principles, and Axioms to Help You Cope with Crises, Deadlines, Bad Luck, Rude Behavior, Red Tape, and Attacks by Inanimate Objects
“Abraxas is the God who is difficult to grasp, the Almighty who transcends thought”
Source: Demian / Siddhartha
“Abraxas was the god who was both god and devil.”
Source: Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth
“Abraza las virtudes de la individualidad.”
Source: Thoughts in the Ether: Pensamientos en el Éter
“Abraza tu color, tu acento, tus historias, tus creencias - honra tu sudor, tu dignidad obstinada - porque el Norte escribió que era civilizado, pero nosotros, el Sur Global, escribimos la humanidad.”
Source: With Love From A Blue Rock
“ABRAZO
Cambia
Crece
Expándete
Ama –
Abre tu corazón
El árbol nos ama, así como somos.
La tierra nos lleva, no importa cuán lejos sea.
Nuestros corazones se quedan con nosotros y nos aman, y nunca nos
decepcionan realmente.
Lo único que importa, es el amor y aceptación que tenemos
por nosotros mismos.
¿Cuánto reímos, amor,
cantamos con la naturaleza, y abrazamos los regalos
de aquellos que amamos,
y damos bendiciones de nuestro amor?
Vístete, desvístete, sácatelo, sé el payaso
Tú eres hermoso, así como eres.
El viento, el cielo, el sol
Ellos nos aman y nos apoyan
No importa cómo seamos.
Persigue tus sueños, sigue las estrellas, ve a Marte.
¿De quién es la vida? Es tu vida.
Estás viviendo el sueño. Tu sueño.
Continúa, te llevará lejos.
Sigue adelante.”
“ABREAST
He who aims
to keep abreast
is for ever
second best.”
“Abri o Post e vi uma fotografia da mulher do meu antigo patrão, enrolada no toldo de um restaurante chinês no Upper East Side. Parece que ela tinha executado um duplo salto a partir da janela do seu apartamento nas alturas e não conseguira chegar ao pavimento. Portanto, acho que afinal, não era assim tão feliz.”
Source: Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
“Abridge your hopes in proportion to the shortness of the span of human life; for while we converse, the hours, as if envious of our pleasure, fly away: enjoy, therefore, the present time, and trust not too much to what to-morrow may produce.”
“Abrigo perigos em cada uma de minhas penumbras.”
Source: Caro Jovem Adulto
“Abril é o mês mais cruel, gera lilases da terra morta, mistura a memória e o desejo, mistura raízes dormentes com chuva de Primavera.”
Source: East of the Sun
“Abrir los ojos por primera vez
es algo que no solo se hace
una vez.”
Source: La inercia del silencio
“Abrir una puerta nueva sin cerrar la anterior no lleva a ninguna parte.”
Source: Haru: Un día es una vida entera
“ABRIÉNDOSE AL AMOR
Todo en la vida lleva a un amor más profundo y más grande.
El amor por la belleza y el amor que está dentro y alrededor de nosotros
como así también, el amor por los misterios desplegándose alrededor de nosotros.
El amor dentro de la herida; el amor dentro del dolor; el amor dentro de la llama; el
amor dentro del templo sagrado del Alma, y el amor desplegándose en todos los lugares
a los que vamos.
Cuando vamos más profundo en cada experiencia y emoción – especialmente, las
dolorosas,
tocamos la fuente de nuestros más grandes dones escondidos.
Ven conmigo, amado, y sumérgete más profundamente en las turbias aguas,
Donde solamente el miedo te prohibirá seguir.
Allí en las profundidades, nos encontramos
Como amantes que no tienen permitido fracasar.”
“Abrió los ojos y exhaló lentamente el humo del cigarrillo. Una madre que caminaba por la acera pasó delante de él. Cargaba en los brazos a un nene de no más de cuatro años que no le quitaba de encima una mirada boquiabierta.
Bob se preguntó si la decepción de ver a un Santa afeitado y fumando sería un trauma mayor que enterarse de la naturaleza imaginaria de su existencia.”
Source: Asesino de Santas
“Abroad is unutterably bloody and foreigners are fiends.”
“abroad it is our habit to regard all other travelers in the light of personal and unpardonable grievances. They are intruders into our chosen realms of pleasure, they jar upon our sensibilities, they lessen our meager share of comforts, they are everywhere in our way, they are always an unnecessary feature in the landscape.”
Source: Compromises
“Abroad, our most important policy is to support our troops and continue forward-thinking foreign policy in the war on terror - keeping our enemies on the run and hitting them before they hit us.”
“Abroad, the balance of power is shifting. There are new and more terrible weapons - new and uncertain nations - new pressures of population and deprivation.”
“Abroad, they have covered pretty much all subjects, explored every possibility, every twist. So similarities between ideas you have and those filmed abroad are quite possible.”