Is it not lack of faith that leads men to fear the scrutiny of reason? If the destination is doubtful, than the path must be fraught with fear. A robust faith need not fear, for if God exists, then reason cannot help but lead us to Him. Cogito, ergo Deus est, 'says St. Augustine, I think, therefore God is. Donna Woolfolk Cross
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.
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Elbert Hubbard
The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Ur be the things I am wiser to know: Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. Four be the things I'd been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt. Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne. Three be the...
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Dorothy Parker
The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God's eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one love.
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Meister Eckhart
Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.]
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Gautama Buddha
More Quotes By Donna Woolfolk Cross
Who was to know what went on in a person's heart? A wise woman kept her own counsel.
She did not care about anything very much. Hope was gone. She existed that was all.
She had discovered that her love of knowing was not unnatural or sinful but the direct consequence of a God-given ability to reason.
Heed my words, daughter, if you ever mean to be happy: Never give yourself to a man.
This was the price for the the strange life she had chosen, but she had gone into it with eyes open, and there was no profit in regret.
