The philosopher is he to whom the highest has descended, and the lowest has mounted up; who is … - Thomas Carlyle

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I inhabit a weak, frail, decayed tenement; battered by the winds and broken in on by the storms, and, from all I can learn, the landlord does not intend to repair.

Thomas Carlyle

The philosopher is he to whom the highest has descended, and the lowest has mounted up; who is the equal and kindly brother of all.

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Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.

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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

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Not what you possess but what you do with what you have, determines your true worth.

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The devil has his elect.

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Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.

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John Quincy Adams

I inhabit a weak, frail, decayed tenement; battered by the winds and broken in on by the storms, and, from all I can learn, the landlord does not intend to repair.

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Lady Gaga

Being gay is like glitter, it never goes away.

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Jane Goodall

Chimpanzees are incredibly intelligent. They can learn more than 400 signs of American Sign Language. They have memories for spatial distribution, like numbers on a TV screen, way better than ours. You come onto the emotions: happiness, sadness, fear, and despair - all the things for which I was accused of being anthropomorphic when I ascribed them to chimpanzees.

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Van Morrison

Oh won't you stay Stay a while with your own ones Don't ever stray Stray so far from your own ones 'Cause the world is so cold Don't care nothing for your soul That you share with your own ones.

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Stephen Hawking

What I have done is to show that it is possible for the way the universe began to be determined by the laws of science. In that case, it would not be necessary to appeal to God to decide how the universe began. This doesn't prove that there is no God, only that God is not necessary.

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