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“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
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“Memories are our strength. When night attempts to return, we must light up the great dates, as we would light torches.”
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“Our rural ancestors, with little blest,
Patient of labor when the end was rest,
Indulged the day that housed their annual grain,
With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain.”
― Imitations of Horace
Patient of labor when the end was rest,
Indulged the day that housed their annual grain,
With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain.”
― Imitations of Horace
“If you are not extreme, then people will take shortcuts because they don't fear you.”
― The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness and the Making of a Great Chef
― The Devil in the Kitchen: Sex, Pain, Madness and the Making of a Great Chef
“If there is no element of asceticism in our lives, if we give free rein to the desires of the flesh (taking care of course to keep within the limits of what seems permissible to the world), we shall find it hard to train for the service of Christ. When the flesh is satisfied it is hard to pray with cheerfulness or to devote oneself to a life of service which calls for much self-renunciation.”
― The Cost of Discipleship
― The Cost of Discipleship
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