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book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts. Charles Dickens
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted. Charles Caleb Colton
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. Charles Caleb Colton
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away. Charles Caleb Colton
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
gita india happy-independence-day
When I read the Bhagavad-Gita and reflect about how God created this universe everything else seems so superfluous Albert Einstein
gita formulas graphic
What the Sermon describes in a graphic manner, the Bhagavadgita reduces to a scientific formula. Mahatma Gandhi
gita way guides
Let the Gita be to you a mine of diamonds, as it has been to me; let it be your constant guide and friend on life's way. Mahatma Gandhi
gita letters fruit
According to the letter of the Gita, it is possible to say that warfare is consistent with renunciation of fruit. Mahatma Gandhi
gita devotion hearted
Devotion required by the Gita is no soft-hearted effusiveness. Mahatma Gandhi
gita tolerate activity
The sanyasa of the Gita will not tolerate complete cessation of activity. Mahatma Gandhi
gita
The sanyasa of the Gita is all work and yet no work. Mahatma Gandhi
gita
The Gita is not for those who have no faith. Mahatma Gandhi
gita world firsts
Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. (quoting the Bhagavad-Gita after witnessing the first Nuclear explosion.) J. Robert Oppenheimer
sincere substitutes ardent
There is no substitute for thoroughgoing, ardent, and sincere earnestness. Charles Dickens
sin shows sinner
We must show sympathy with sinners, but not with their sins. Charles Spurgeon
sin found casts
He casts our sins behind His back, He blots them out; He says that though they be sought for, they shall not be found. Charles Spurgeon
sin lord stills
Known to the Lord from the beginning were all your sins. Nevertheless, He still loved you. Charles Spurgeon
singing
I started when I was about 11, singing. Chris Brown
single-mom believe simple
I discovered that when I believed my thoughts, I suffered, but that when I didn’t believe them, I didn’t suffer, and that this is true for every human being. Freedom is as simple as that. I found that suffering is optional. I found a joy within me that has never disappeared, not for a single moment. Byron Katie
singing wales
I started singing because I come from Wales Bryn Terfel
singers moonlight
I moonlight as a singer. Bryan Adams
single loneliness boys
A man is never completely alone in this world. At the worst, he has the company of a boy, a youth, and by and by a grown man - the one he used to be. Cesare Pavese