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“Struggles make you a Man. When you lead a real and authentic life, you will face adversities and struggles. You will have to face the difficulties and challenges of life. Your path will never be easy. There will be situations that will test your resilience, strength, and self belief. But you can never ever give up in life. Stay real, work hard, and stay a man. One day you will be proud for not giving up in life. Fight On!”

“Struggles to coerce uniformity of sentiment in support of some end thought essential to their time and country have been waged by many good as well as by evil men. Nationalism is a relatively recent phenomenon but at other times and places the ends have been racial or territorial security, support of a dynasty or regime, and particular plans for saving souls. As first and moderate methods to attain unity have failed, those bent on its accomplishment must resort to an ever-increasing severity. . . . Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard. It seems trite but necessary to say that the First Amendment to our Constitution was designed to avoid these ends by avoiding these beginnings. There is no mysticism in the American concept of the State or of the nature or origin of its authority. We set up government by consent of the governed, and the Bill of Rights denies those in power any legal opportunity to coerce that consent. Authority here is to be controlled by public opinion, not public opinion by authority. If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion or force citizens to confess by word or act their faith therein.”

“Struggling against the legalism of simple obedience, we end by setting up the most dangerous law of all, the law of the world and the law of grace. In our effort to combat legalism we land ourselves in the worst kind of legalism. The only way of overcoming this legalism is by real obedience to Christ when he calls us to follow him; for in Jesus the law is at once fulfilled and cancelled.”

“Struggling and suffering are the essence of a life worth living. If you're not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you're not demanding more from yourself - expanding and learning as you go - you're choosing a numb existence. You're denying yourself an extraordinary trip.”

“Struggling transforms her captor into a Chinese finger trap. She’s suffocating. Sucking in air without relief. Her lungs expand. Contract. Expand. They fill with lies and broken promises. With despair and lost hope. Each inhale is empty. Invisible hands reach into her body and constrict around her windpipe. She watches her friends collapse like supernovae, their cognizance disappearing into a black hole. A black hole she’s quickly cascading into. The dark consumes, bleeds into her vision. She blinks. Catches icy blue eyes peeking out from the shadows.”

“Străvechiul conflict dintre religie și știință a luat sfârșit. Ați câștigat. Dar n-ați jucat cinstit. N-ați oferit răspunsurile dorite. Ați câștigat reorientând societatea omenească atât de dramatic, încât adevăruri considerate altădată imuabile par astăzi inaplicabile. Religia nu mai poate ține pasul cu voi. Dezvoltarea științifică este exponențială. Se hrănește din propria substanță, precum un virus. Fiecare descoperire deschide calea spre alte descoperiri. Omenirii i-au trebuit mii de ani pentru a progresa de la roată la automobil, dar numai câteva decenii pentru a trece de la aceasta la zborul spațial. Azi, progresul științific se măsoară în săptămâni. Avansează orbește, fără a putea fi controlat. Prăpastia dintre noi se adâncește tot mai mult și, cu cât religia rămâne mai în urmă, cu atât oamenii se simt mai goi, mai pustiiți din punct de vedere spiritual. Plângem și strigăm în goana noastră de a desluși înțelesuri. Și, credeți-mă, strigăm din toate puterile. Vedem OZN-uri, comunicăm cu morții, vorbim cu spiritele, trăim experiențe de ieșire din corp... toate aceste excentricități par științifice, dar sunt rușinos de iraționale. Ele nu sunt decât strigătul disperat al sufletului nostru singur și chinuit, mutilat de propria iluminare și de incapacitatea lui de a vedea un sens în orice altceva decât în tehnologie.”

“Stu walked Bennie over to Chris in the chair and parted his hair to reveal some tan little creatures the size of poppy seeds moving around on his scalp. Bennie felt himself grow faint.'Lice' the barber whispered.'They get it at school'. 'But he goes to private school' Bernie had blurted.'In Crandale,New York!”