Depart from the highway, and transplant thyself in some enclosed ground; for it is hard for a tree … - Saint John Chrysostom

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Saint John Chrysostom

Depart from the highway, and transplant thyself in some enclosed ground; for it is hard for a tree that stands by the wayside to keep her fruit till it be ripe.

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Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.

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If you cannot find Christ in the beggar at the church door, you will not find Him in the chalice.

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No matter how just your words may be, you ruin everything when you speak with anger.

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The road to Hell is paved with the bones of priests and monks, and the skulls of bishops are the lamp posts that light the path.

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Be ashamed when you sin, don't be ashamed when you repent [To repent means to have a change of heart and mind. It is not simply a feeling of sorrow ,but a psycho
spiritual growth away from evil
death and a turning to God
life]. Sin is the wound, repentance is the medicine. Sin is followed by shame; repentance is followed by boldness [ Boldness means to beg God for undeserved mercy]. Satan has overturned this order and given boldness to sin and shame to repentance.

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Mozart and Neil Diamond may have begun with the same idea, but that a work of art is more than an idea is confirmed by the difference between the 'Soave sia il vento' and 'Kentucky Woman. ' We have different words for 'art' and 'idea' because they are two different things.

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Zadie Smith

He had her in his heart, but not always in his mind.

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Ugliness is more inventive than beauty. Beauty always follows certain camps. I think it's more amusing - ugliness - than beauty.

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The term pre-embryo is useful in the political arena - where decisions are made about whether to allow early embryo (now called pre-embryo) experimentation - as well as in the confines of a doctor's office, where it can be used to allay moral concerns that might be expressed by IVF patients. 'Don't worry,' a doctor might say, 'it's only pre-embryos that we're manipulating or freezing. They won't turn into real human embryos until after we've put them back into your body. '

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