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“I don't know what reception I'm at, but for God's sake give me a gin and tonic.”

Knows Giving Give Me Sake Reception Gin Funny Drinking Funny Alcohol Gin And Tonic

Author:Denis Thatcher

“He who has never denied himself for the sake of giving has but glanced at the joys of charity.”

Giving Joy Charity Sake Denied

Author:Sophie Swetchine

“With the unknown, one is confronted with danger, discomfort, and care; the first instinct is to abolish these painful states. First principle: any explanation is better than none. . . . The causal instinct is thus conditional upon, and excited by, the feeling of fear. The "why?" shall, if at all possible, not give the cause for its own sake so much as for a particular kind of cause -- a cause that is comforting, liberating, and relieving.”

Ifs Giving Firsts Kind States Feelings Care Causes Principles Danger Particular Instinct Sake Painful Excited Explanation Comforting Liberating Discomfort Abolish Conditional

Book:The Portable Nietzsche

Source: The Portable Nietzsche

“Giving no pain to any creature, let him slowly accumulate spiritual merit, for the sake ,of acquiring a companion to the next world, just as the white ant ,gradually raises its hill.”

World Giving Pain Spiritual Next White Creatures Raises Sake Hills Merit Companion Ants No Pain

Author:Guru Nanak

“Our Savior was crucified for our sakes that by His death He might give us life and train and attract us all to endurance. To Him I press on, and to the Father and to the Holy Spirit. I strive to be found true, judging myself unworthy of this world's goods; and yet not I because of the world, but the world because of me. Think of all these things in your heart; follow them with zeal; fight, as you have been commanded, for the truth to the death: For Christ was made 'obedient' even 'to death'”

“The condition of mankind is, and always has been, so miserable and depraved that, if anyone were to say to the poet: "For God's sake stop singing and do something useful like putting on the kettle or fetching bandages," what just reason could he give for refusing?”

Ifs Giving Has Beens Reason Conditions Mankind Poet Singing Sake Miserable Depraved Kettles Bandages

Author:W. H. Auden