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George Herbert

Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timbered, never gives; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives.

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Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

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He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.

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A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.

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He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it. [He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it. ]

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Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing. . . a grateful heart!

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No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.

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I saw the suffering and I let myself feel it… I saw the injustice and was compelled to do something about it. I changed from being a nun who only prayed for the suffering world to a woman with my sleeves rolled up, living my prayer.

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Greil Marcus

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Listening is like running down a mountain on a switchback trail, the sound of surprise generating its own momentum. There’s a punk glee inside the bluegrass craft–and a punk vehemence inside the bluegrass smile.

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Laura Schlessinger

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Most people are weak and frightened, and run from anything which could be upsetting. Most people, also, are takers and not givers.

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