"I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study."

Philosophy, Day, Study, Thinking

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"I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study."

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"When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable."

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"Pride and excess bring disaster for man."

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"A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned."

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"Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that."

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"Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them."

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"The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power."

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"There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men."

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"War is only one facet of the larger problem of evil which has been with the human race since the beginning . . .This same evil tried to destroy the greatest human being who ever lived, nailing Him to a cross."

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"Heaven is a wonderful place and the benefits for the believer are out of this world!"

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"God does not want an apartment in our house. He claims our entire home from attic to cellar."

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"I won't tell you that the world matters nothing, or the world's voice, or the voice of society. They matter a good deal. They matter far too much. But there are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands. You have that moment now. Choose!"

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"Thought, if I may put it, is the man behind the possession, appearance, things we like, things we hate and the very epitome of life."

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

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"Talk about God can become dreary and lackluster if God isn't in you. Church can become a drab thing and the Bible an irksome Book if the Holy Spirit does not illuminate your soul with His indwelling presence."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"We should not covet or expect the praise of ungodly men . . . the very fact that they are inclined to persecute us is proof that we are “not of the world."

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"A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really..."Do the stars gaze back?" Now, that's a question."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

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"Heavenly rest will be so refreshing that we will never feel that exhaustion of mind and body we so frequently experience now. I'm really looking forward to that."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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