There are some souls, bright and precious, which, like gold and silver, may be subdued by the fiery trial, and yield to new moulds; but there are others, pure and solid as the diamond, which may be shivered to pieces, yet in every fragment retain their indelible characteristics.
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Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Wherever you are, be all there. CRAIG GROESCHEL Some animals utter a loud cry. Some are silent, and others have a voice, which in some cases may be ... ARISTOTLE Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others. WILLIAM ORVILLE DOUGLAS Yes! Very funny this terrible thing is. A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls i... JOSEPH CONRAD There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be ... JOHN HENRY NEWMAN People adored Element 13's color and luster, which reminded them of the sparkle of gold and silv... SAM KEAN Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange... BIBLE Take the universe and grind it down to the finest powder and sieve it through the finest sieve and t... TERRY PRATCHETT Do you not think that there are things which you cannot understand, and yet which are; that some peo... BRAM STOKER There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful
friend;
Gold some decayeth, and wo... CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) We know only that we are living in these bodies and have a vague idea, because we have heard it, and... TERESA OF AVILA There are many things which may not be uttered by men in
threadbare coats. UNKNOWN We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which... KIN HUBBARD How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which int... ADAM SMITH I know that our bodies were made to thrive only in pure air, and the scenes in which pure air is fou... JOHN MUIR And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; / And sow the ... BIBLE In life there are no problems, that is, objective and external choices; there is only the life which... ALBERTO MORAVIA While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to the claims of conformity no man m... OSCAR WILDE For, though every man has sin in him seminally, yet there are some sins which by nature he is more i... CHRISTOPHER LOVE There are hermit souls that live withdrawn
In the place of their self-content;
There are souls... SAM WALTER FOSS Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with... ALI IBN ABI TALIB And as you come to know Him, you're becoming like Him. The more you are like Him, the more different... CRAIG GROESCHEL A totally nondenominational prayer: Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may not care... ROGER ZELAZNY Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT There will be some tracks on the next album which that will consist of mostly noise and feedback, wh... DAISY BERKOWITZ The stream of thought flows on; but most of its segments fall into the bottomless abyss of oblivion.... WILLIAM JAMES There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who... VERA BRITTAIN What glitters may not be gold; and even wolves may smile; and fools will be led by promises to their... LAUREN OLIVER The greatest feminists have also been the greatest lovers. I'm thinking not only of Mary Wollstonecr... ERICA JONG In order to form correct habits, we should seek the company of persons of sound moral and religious ... ELLEN G. WHITE You can find sorrow in the arithmetic, and you can find a bittersweet hope. DAVID LEVITHAN Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by
the right of inheritance or purchase... NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE There is a relationship between cartooning and people like Mir? and Picasso which may not be underst... ROY LICHTENSTEIN There is a relationship between cartooning and people like Mir= and Picasso which may not be underst... ROY LICHTENSTEIN It is the misfortune of those who are concerned in conducting human affairs that, however pure and c... WILLIAM GODWIN Shaq pe hai yaqeen unko, Yaqeen pe hai shaq Mujhy..... .....Kis ka jhoot jhoot hai, K... VISHAL BHARADWAJ - HAIDER FILM There will be good days and bad, which means that some days I may be cranky and some days really cra... PETER JENNINGS Workers and their families may starve to death in the New World Order of economic rationality, but d... AVRAM NOAM CHOMSKY On the other hand, if large sharks such as tiger sharks are declining, there may be more black tip s... DAN ABEL You are not a bad person because you are gay. You are you because you are you and you were meant to ... TEGAN QUIN I cannot forbear to wish, that this commotion (in the colonies) may end without bloodshed, and that ... SAMUEL JOHNSON Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL While women may look different, as some wear suits and others wear saris, or some cover their hair w... ZAINAB SALBI May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May y... SAINT TERESE OF LISEAUX There is a lot of preparation to be done. Some are just trying to get better for the conference meet... BOB KITCHENS There are some individuals that may respond very well to the medication and there are some of course... DR. SETHU REDDY There are a lot of people who are opposed to anything and some of them live in the Down Under area. ... CHARLES MILLARD Yet some can be patriotic who have no self-respect, and sacrifice the greater to the less. They love... HENRY DAVID THOREAU In each religion there are essential things, and others which are only forms and fashions; as a loaf... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN As my Popo used to say, life is a tapestry we weave day by day with threads of different colors, som... ISABEL ALLENDE I am a diamond But people see me as gold Honestly, I wanna be silver M There is either where we've been or where we hope to go, here is where we are, take a moment to give... DENNIS BARTON There is no such thing as a worthless book though there are some far worse than worthless; no book t... SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE She herself was a victim of that lust for books which rages in the breast like a demon, and which ca... ROBERTSON DAVIES Death (or its allusion) makes men precious and pathetic. They are moving because of their phantom co... JORGE LUIS BORGES There is countless direction in life, all leading every which way. At times it may be too dark to se... LILY CHATTERJEE Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren... BIBLE God has left sin in the world in order that there may be forgiveness: not only the secret forgivenes... THOMAS MERTON In everybody's life there are hidden chapters which they hope may never be known. AGATHA CHRISTIE There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one d... E. M. FORSTER There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshiper may one da... E.M. FORSTER We are training for objective behavior characteristics. Certainly, there is some interpretation, but... GEORGE NACCARA The monopoly capitalists - even while employing purely empirical methods - weave around art a compli... ERNESTO "CHE" GUEVARA Indeed every monad must be different from every other. For there are never in nature two beings, whi... GOTTFRIED LEIBNIZ I decided there and then to sue the bastards. BARRY SHEENE And then split his own cranium in half. I would like to see you do that yourself Blore. It would tak... LOMBARD PHILIP LOMBARD Some beautiful opportunities are like birds. They may be there but only till the next second! MEHMET MURAT ILDAN What precious drops are those,
Which silently each other's track pursue,
Bright as young diamo... JOHN DRYDEN Most TV and radio stations view the Internet as an opportunity to enhance their service to listeners... DENNIS WHARTON There's always a miracle mystery behind strange things in this world, some may be for good and some ... NERRYMIAH SCIPIO To satisfy our doubts . . . it is necessary that a method should be found by which our beliefs may b... CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE The reputation of a woman may be compared to a mirror, shining and bright, but liable to be sullied ... MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA There is no such thing as a worthless book though there are some far worse than worthless; no book t... SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE When the children are laughing, the teacher can smile. When the teacher smiles, the children may fee... APURVA GAGLANI He's for you and wants to help you be the person He created you to be. CRAIG GROESCHEL The phonograph and kinetoscope may some day seize and perpetuate all save the magnetic touch, but th... DAVID JOSIAH BREWER There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul t... JEAN PAUL There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul t... JEAN PAUL RICHTER In every idea emanating from genius, or even in every serious human idea -- born in the human brain ... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY If these regulations are tough, and if they are sound, then there may be some wisdom to it. The real... VICTOR SCHWARTZ Some of these places may not be as familiar, they are not going to be as heavily visited, which mean... AL NASH It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls... JEAN ROSTAND Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - an... FREDERICK SMITH There are two modes of criticism. One which crushes to earth without mercy all the humble buds of Ph... MARGARET FULLER When I but hear her sing, I fare
Like one that raises, holds his ear
To some bright star in th... OWEN FELLTHAM (FELTHAM) Many people may be heartbroken, but not enough to take action. CRAIG GROESCHEL Historically, the public has had their ear closer to gold and silver, but I do think that with the a... DON ROOSE There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid ... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Purify our minds that we may be "first pure, then peaceable," and fortify our souls, that our peacea... CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with... ALI IBN ABI TALIB Your children are not your children. They are sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. ... KAHLIL GIBRAN It's a Friday. Some people wanted to flatten out their positions and take another look at it Monday,... DON TIERNEY Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade... HENRY DAVID THOREAU There may be rain, but we are expecting to play at some time. JOSH RAWITCH Humans need fantasy to be human.
Take the universe and grind it down to the finest powder and sieve ... TERRY PRATCHETT Much like humans, opinions come in all shapes and forms, but in the end, they are just what they are... CRISS JAMI When one pauses to consider how thoroughly corrupted our censors must be by this time, it is difficu... JUDITH WRIGHT
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MARY SHELLEY I am very averse to bringing myself forward in print, but as my account will only appear as an appen... MARY SHELLEY Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent o... MARY SHELLEY And now, once again, I bid my hideous progeny go forth and prosper. I have an affection for it, for ... MARY SHELLEY My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dea... MARY SHELLEY What terrified me will terrify others; and I need only describe the spectre which had haunted my mid... MARY SHELLEY Elegance is inferior to virtue. MARY SHELLEY It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their mind... MARY SHELLEY There is no such thing as women's intuition. You all just have crap poker faces. RACHEL SHELLEY I do have a fantasy piece of technology that would do my food shopping for me, and if you wanted to,... RACHEL SHELLEY I've always been Mac, so I guess I always will be. I can't imagine I will change now. RACHEL SHELLEY Yes I am definitely an 'Orange is the New Black' fan... Not an obsessive, but a fan none the... RACHEL SHELLEY We constantly abuse and defend a woman's prerogative to change her mind. RACHEL SHELLEY I'm not big on technology; I only get what I need. RACHEL SHELLEY I endeavour to read more, be more informed on gay rights. Whatever floats your boat is my outlook. I... RACHEL SHELLEY Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that. RACHEL SHELLEY I replaced someone on 'Days of our Lives' once, and the fans hated me. She was a redhead, I ... SHELLEY HENNIG I was so cold the other day, I almost got married. SHELLEY WINTERS In Hollywood all the marriages are happy, it's trying to live together afterwards that causes all th... SHELLEY WINTERS I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn't last long. SHELLEY WINTERS I'm actually loving the soundtrack to 'The Secret Circle' that our music supervisor Liza... SHELLEY HENNIG Soul meets soul on lovers lips. PERCY SHELLEY It was so cold I almost got married. SHELLEY WINTERS Every day the fat woman dies a series of small deaths. SHELLEY BOVEY Now that I'm over sixty I'm veering toward respectability. SHELLEY WINTERS If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win. SHELLEY LONG He who promises more than he is able to perform, is false to himself; and he who does not perform wh... GEORGE SHELLEY I was the happiest in English class, and algebra was where I cried. SHELLEY HENNIG I won't stop fighting to give Nevadans access to affordable health care just because my husband ... SHELLEY BERKLEY Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or y... SHELLEY DUVALL People ask me, 'How's 'Teen Wolf?' and I tell them it's literally the best job I... SHELLEY HENNIG We live from day to day and get as much joy out of experiencing as we can. SHELLEY DUVALL I was dying but suddenly had a second chance at living. SHELLEY FABARES The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to d... SHELLEY BERMAN And of course, now that Bernard and I have found each other forever, we're determined to create ... SHELLEY DUVALL Bernard and I intend doing a lot with our lives and that includes actively helping other people. But... SHELLEY DUVALL Two months later at a party, Bernard pulled me into a closet and proposed. I said yes. SHELLEY DUVALL While I have made errors that I deeply regret, I have never, ever done so with the intent of subvert... KEVIN SHELLEY Where do you go to get anorexia? SHELLEY WINTERS Christianity is the only major religion to have as its central event the humiliation of its God. BRUCE SHELLEY a fraternity house. ... He wants you to have a good time whether you're working or not. BRUCE SHELLEY My boss thinks it's the best entertainment product Microsoft's ever made, BRUCE SHELLEY They just want to have the action. BRUCE SHELLEY We do listen to the feedback quite a bit, ... We have at least one or two full-time people who are m... BRUCE SHELLEY I got into this business to make games that I wanted to play. Turns out that there's millions of peo... BRUCE SHELLEY We went as high as we could. We were actually putting graphic effects in here you couldn't see on an... BRUCE SHELLEY The programming team set out to make the best-looking PC game ever. BRUCE SHELLEY We haven't announced anything and we don't really have anything in development, but we're experiment... BRUCE SHELLEY We want to do new kinds of games and do new and different things. We've been doing the same game for... BRUCE SHELLEY I cannot understand for the life of me why DOE is going forward with this licensing procedure when w... SHELLEY BERKLEY Pigs are not that dirty. And they're smart, strange little creatures. They just need love. SHELLEY DUVALL