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“Devotion signifies a life given, or devoted, to God. He therefore is the devout man, who lives no longer to his own will, or the way and spirit of the world, but to the sole will of God, who considers God in everything, who serves God in everything, who makes all the parts of his common life, parts of piety, by doing everything in the name of God, and under such rules as are conformable to His glory.”

Men World Way Life Spirit Names Given Common Glory Devotion Gods Will Sole Devoted Serving God Piety Common Life

Book:A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ; The Spirit of Love

Source: A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life ; The Spirit of Love

“Music has a great power for bringing people together. With so many forces in this world acting to drive wedges between people, it's important to preserve those things that help us experience our common humanity.”

People World Important Helping Together Humanity Force Peace Common Acting Music This World Preserves Great Power Wedges Common Humanity

Author:Ted Turner

“She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, - truths which have only recently begun to be seen in Europe and seem even now too great for its common intelligence.”

Men Seems Common Saws Becoming Europe Sri Lanka

Author:Sri Aurobindo

“I believe there is no liturgy in the world, either in ancient or modern language, which breathes more of a solid, scriptural, rational piety, than the Common Prayer of the Church of England. And though the main of it was compiled considerably more than two hundred years ago, yet is the language of it, not only pure, but strong and elegant in the highest degree.”

Source: John Wesley's The Book of Common Prayer

“The difference between the most dissimilar characters, between a philosopher and a common street porter, for example, seems to arise not so much from nature, as from habit, custom, and education.”

Character Seems Differences Common Streets Example Habit Philosopher Arise Customs Wealth Of Nations Division Of Labor

Book:An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations With a Life of the Author: Also a View of the Doctrine of Smith, Compared with that of the French Economists, with a Method of Facilitating the Study of His Works, from the French of M. Jariner

Source: An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations With a Life of the Author: Also a View of the Doctrine of Smith, Compared with that of the French Economists, with a Method of Facilitating the Study of His Works, from the French of M. Jariner

“True gentleness is founded on a sense of what we owe to him who made us and to the common nature which we all share. It arises from reflection on our own failings and wants, and from just views of the condition and duty of man. It is native feeling heightened and improved by principle.”

Men Want Made Feelings Views Common Principles Failing Share Conditions Duty Reflection Arise Native Gentleness

Book:Sermons. ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author

Source: Sermons. ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author

“To subvert the tyranny of our execrable government, to break the connection with England, the never-failing source of all our political evils and to assert the independence of my country- these were my objectives. To unite the whole people of Ireland, to abolish the memory of all past dissensions, and to substitute the common name of Irishman in place of the denominations of Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter - these were my means.”

Source: Freedom the Wolfe Tone way

“There are three things without which there is no country--common language, common judicature, and co-tillage land--for without these a country cannot support itself in peace and social union.”

Country Three Language Social Common Support Land Unions Three Things Common Language

Book:Literary and Historical Essays

Source: Literary and Historical Essays

“There are thus two tasks for the Mass Media division of Unesco, the one general, the other special. The special one is to enlist the press and the radio and the cinema to the fullest extent in the service of formal and adult education, of science and learning, of art and culture. The general one is to see that these agencies are used both to contribute to mutual comprehension between different nations and cultures, and also to promote the growth of a common outlook shared by all nations and cultures.”

“Most asylum seekers do get permanent visas, so the earlier they receive the appropriate help, the faster they will become part of the community. They'll get jobs and start paying taxes too. They will see Australia as a nation with a sense of care and concern. That's so important for a cohesive society. It helps build a sense of belonging. And in terms of common decency, it's what should be happening... For God's sake, this is Australia, people should be treated with decency and humanity.”

“God is not looking for men of great faith, He is looking for common men to trust His great faithfulness.”

Men Common Missionary Faithfulness Common Man Great Faith Looking For A Man

Author:Hudson Taylor

“We must seek the loving-kindness of God in all the breadth and open-air of common life.”

Common Kindness Air Loving Life Breadth Loving Kindness Common Life Kindness Of God

Author:George A. Smith

“The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heaven.”

Men Life Heaven Walks Common Fate Good Man Virtuous Chamber Verge Virtuous Life

Book:The poetical works of Edward Young

Source: The poetical works of Edward Young

“If the public likes you, you're good. Shakespeare was a common, down-to-earth writer in his day.”

Ifs Earth Literature Common Likes Down To Earth

Author:Mickey Spillane

“Children sweeten labours. But they make misfortune more bitter. They increase the care of life. But they mitigate the remembrance of death. The perpetuity of generation is common to beasts. But memory, merit and noble works are proper to men. And surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men which have sought to express the images of their minds where those of their bodies have failed.”

Men Mind Children Body Care Memories Common Generations Achievement Increase Foundation Noble Bitter Merit Beast Labour Misfortunes Remembrance

Book:The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban and Lord High Chancellor of England: Sylva sylvarum (century IX-X) Physiological remains. Medical remains. Medical receipts. Works moral: Colours of good and evil. Essays of counsels civil and moral. Theological works

Source: The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban and Lord High Chancellor of England: Sylva sylvarum (century IX-X) Physiological remains. Medical remains. Medical receipts. Works moral: Colours of good and evil. Essays of counsels civil and moral. Theological works

“Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn this common language.”

Children Political Language Common Tasks Common Language English Speaking

Book:The De-valuing of America: The Fight for Our Culture and Our Children

Source: The De-valuing of America: The Fight for Our Culture and Our Children

“Common sense is both more rare and more desirable in leaders than mere intelligence.”

Interesting Common Leader Mere Common Sense Desirable

Author:Voltaire

“After the dead are buried, after the physical pain of grief has become a permanent wound in the soul, then comes the transcendent and common bond of human suffering, and with that comes forgiveness, and with forgiveness comes love.”

Humans Soul Pain Suffering Common Grief Wounds Permanent Buried Transcendent Human Suffering Physical Pain

Author:Andre Dubus

“Nothing is so common as to imitate one's enemies, and to use their weapons.”

Use Common Enemy Weapons

Author:Voltaire

“Of all things known to mortals, wine is the most powerful and effectual for exciting and inflaming the passions of mankind, being common fuel to them all.”

Passion Powerful Common Known Mankind All Things Exciting Wine Mortals Fuel Most Powerful

Author:Francis Bacon

“The suffering of sickness and the suffering of persecution have this in common: they are both intended by Satan for the destruction of our faith, and governed by God for the purifying of our faith... Christ sovereignly accomplishes His loving, purifying purpose, by overruling Satan's destructive attempts. Satan is always aiming to destroy our faith; but Christ magnifies His power in weakness.”

Purpose Suffering Christ Common Weakness Destruction Accomplish Satan Sickness Destructive Persecution Purifying

Author:John Piper

“All superstition is much the same whether it be that of astrology, dreams, omen, retributive judgment, or the like, in all of which the deluded believers observe events which are fulfilled, but neglect and pass over their failure, though it be much more common.”

Dream Common Events Judgment Believer Neglect Superstitions Fulfilled Astrology Deluded Omen

Book:Novum Organum

Source: Novum Organum

“True fighters dare face the sorrows of humanity, and look unflinchingly at bloodshed. What sorrow and joy are theirs! But the Creator's common device for ordinary people is to let the passage of time wash away old traces leaving only pale-red bloodstains and a vague pain; and he lets men live on ignobly and amid these, to keep this quasi-human world going.”

People Men World Humans Looks Pain Faces Joy Humanity Common Sorrow Ordinary Red Let Me Leaving Dare Creator Fighter Devices Passages Pale Existential Vague Ordinary People Bloodshed Passage Of Time

Author:Lu Xun

“The first question concerning the Celestial Bodies is whether there be a system, that is whether the world or universe compose together one globe, with a center, or whether the particular globes of earth and stars be scattered dispersedly, each on its own roots, without any system or common center.”

World Firsts Body Earth Together Universe Stars Common Particular Roots Astronomy Globes Celestial Cosmology Celestial Bodies

Author:Francis Bacon

“What it missing, I think, is this notion of the common good.”

Thinking Common Missing Notion Common Good Missing You

Author:Susan George

“When you voice your disagreement, begin by talking about what you have in common with the person you are arguing with. Too often we rush to judgment, race to argue, and overlook all the common ground we share.”

Persons Voice Common Race Talking Share Judgment Argument Arguing Disagreement Common Ground

Book:Perfectly Yourself: 9 Lessons for Enduring Happiness

Source: Perfectly Yourself: 9 Lessons for Enduring Happiness

“No peace and security among mankind-let alone common friendship-can ever exist as long as people think that governments get their authority from God and that religion is to be propagated by force of arms.”

People Thinking Long Government Force Common Mankind Security Arms Authority Peace And Security

Author:John Locke

“Saying 'Gesundheit' doesn't really help the common cold - but its about as good as anything the doctors have come up with.”

Helping Common Cold Doctors Come Up Common Cold

Author:Earl Wilson

“Christianity is part of the Common Law of England.”

Christian Law Common Christianity England Church And State Separation Of Church And State Founding Fathers Christian Good Christian Separation Between Church And State Founding Fathers Religious Founding Fathers Anti Religion Christianity From Founding Fathers Revolution Founding Fathers Common Law

Author:Matthew Hale

“Skills can be taught. It's tough to teach heart. Talent is fairly common.”

Heart Common Teach Talent Taught Skills Tough Skills Development

Author:Bill Johnson

“A pamphlet, no matter how good, is never read more than once, but a song is learned by heart and repeated over and over. And I maintain that if a person can put a few common sense facts into a song and dress them up in a cloak of humor, he will succeed in reaching a great number of workers who are too unintelligent or too indifferent to read.”

Ifs Heart Persons Matter Facts Song Common Numbers Succeed Dresses Workers Common Sense Reaching Indifferent Cloaks Unintelligent

Author:Joe Hill

“Is it not common to say to a child, 'Put your finger in that candle, can you bear it even for one minute?' How then will you bear Hell-fire? Surely it would be torment enough to have the flesh burnt off from only one finger; what then will it be to have the whole body plunged into a lake of fire, burning with brimstone?”

Children Enough Whole Body Would Be Common Hell Fire Minutes Bears Fingers Flesh Mythology Burning Lakes Candle Torment One Minute Hell Fire Fire Burning Burning In Hell

Book:Sermons on Several Occasions

Source: Sermons on Several Occasions

“The destinies of the two races in this country are indissolubly linked together, and the interests of both require that the common government of all shall not permit the seeds of race hate to be planted under the sanction of law.”

Two Country Government Together Law Hate Interest Common Race Destiny Seeds Permit Linked Sanctions

Author:Bobby Scott

“Men can become twins with age. The past was their common womb; the six months of rain and the six months of sun was the period of their common gestation. They needed only a few words and a few gestures to convey their meaning. They had graduated through the same fevers, they were moved by the same love and contempt.”

Men Love Age Past Common Sun Months Needed Periods Six Rain Moved Contempt Gestures Twins Six Months Womb Fever Few Words Same Love Gestation

Book:The Portable Graham Greene

Source: The Portable Graham Greene

“A reasonable being might think that he and I could find some common ground; have a cup of coffee and compare our Passengers, exchange trade talk and chitchat about dismemberment techniques. But no: Doakes wanted me dead. And I found it difficult to share his point of view.”

Thinking Might Wanted Found Difficult Views Common Share Trade Point Of View Technique Coffee Cups Compare Reasonable Passengers Coffee Cup Common Ground

Book:Dearly Devoted Dexter

Source: Dearly Devoted Dexter

“Science and art may invent splendid modes of illuminating the apartments of the opulent; but these are all poor and worthless compared with the common light which the sun sends into all our windows, which he pours freely, impartially over hill and valley, which kindles daily the eastern and western sky; and so the common lights of reason, and conscience, and love, are of more worth and dignity than the rare endowments which give celebrity to a few.”

Source: Self-culture: An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston, September, 1838

“Believing that I was born for the service of mankind, and regarding the care of the commonwealth as a kind of common property which, like the air and the water, belongs to everybody, I set myself to consider in what way mankind might be best served, and what service I was myself best fitted by nature to perform.”

Way Believe Kind Might Care Water Born Common Air Mankind Property Commonwealth

Book:The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon Including All His Occasional Works: Namely Letters, Speeches, Tracts, State Papers, Memorials, Devices and All Authentic Writings Not Already Printed Among His Philosophical, Literary, Or Professional Works

Source: The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon Including All His Occasional Works: Namely Letters, Speeches, Tracts, State Papers, Memorials, Devices and All Authentic Writings Not Already Printed Among His Philosophical, Literary, Or Professional Works

“What's so exciting and terrifying about the writing process is that it really is an act of exploration and discovery. With all of us, not just writers, there is a sort of knowledge of the other. We have a lot more in common than we realize, and I think writing is really a sustained act of empathy.”

Thinking Writing Process Realizing Common Empathy Discovery Exciting Exploration Writing Process

Author:Andre Dubus

“When you're a musician and you break new ground it resonates into the common consciousness.”

Common Consciousness Break Musician

Author:Trey Anastasio

“There is no monopoly on common sense on either side of the political fence.”

Political Politics Sides Common Common Sense Fence Monopoly

Author:Sting

“Perhaps in our presence, the most heroic deed on earth is done in some silent spirit, the loftiest purpose cherished, the most generous sacrifice made, and we do not suspect it. I believe this greatness to be most common among the multitude, whose names are never heard.”