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the difference between the old and the new education being) in a word, the old was a kind of propagation - men transmitting manhood to men; the new is...more

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God created things which had free will. That means creatures which can go wrong or right. Some people think they can imagine a creature which was free...more

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By the way, don't 'weep inwardly' and get a sore throat. If you must weep, weep: a good honest howl! I suspect we - and especially, my sex - don't cry...more

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Time is the very lens through which ye see—small and clear, as men see through the wrong end of a telescope—something that would otherwise be too big ...more

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There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, in the end, "Thy will be done." A...more

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For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John.

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The Divine "goodness" differs from ours, but it is not sheerly different; it differs from ours not as white from black, but as a perfect circle from a...more

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We have a strange illusion that mere time cancels sin. I have heard others, and I have heard myself, recounting cruelties and falsehoods committed in ...more

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A woman means by Unselfishness chiefly taking trouble for others; a man means not giving trouble to others...thus, while the woman thinks of doing goo...more

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He had no faintest conception till that very hour of how they would look, and even doubted their existence. But when he saw them he knew that he had a...more

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As long as he retains externally the habits of a Christian he can still be made to think of himself as one who has adopted a few new friends and amuse...more

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A woman means by unselfishness chiefly taking trouble for others a man means not giving trouble to others. Thus each sex regards the other as basical...more

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What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument.

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You will say that these are very small sins; and doubtless, like all young tempters, you are anxious to be able to report spectacular wickedness. But ...more

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Hell begins with a grumbling mood, always complaining, always blaming others... but you are still distinct from it. You may even criticize it in yours...more