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Vivid simplicity is the articulation, the nature of genius. Wisdom is greater than intelligence intelligence is greater than philosobabble.

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In our worldly perceptions of Jesus, we tend to embrace the kindness of his love ('be encouraged') but not the discipline of his love ('and sin no more'). But with the whole scope of his love, or maturity in Christ, we begin relying on him for guidance where we would prefer him to walk beside us rather than behind us.
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If ever it's necessary to ride the bandwagon, it's done with one leg swinging out and eyes scoping the fields.
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What may intimidate a man is a woman who thinks with her mind before she feels with her heart. Nevertheless what determines the strength in the man is his ability to accept one when he sees one.
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Generally, there is a lot of truth value in stepping back, observing, then logically generalizing the extremes of what you see.
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Thunderstorms are as much our friends as the sunshine.
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My confidence is in the idea that I may be wrong on this or that. No man in this life should ever have to bear the burden of perfection.
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People love answers, but only as long as they are the ones who came up with them.
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There is a master way with words that cannot be learned but instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a blind man exceptional hearing, a silent man, when given a piece of paper.
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I enjoy poetry where I can talk as bizarre as I please, but theology or philosophy, I always respect the truth by taking it a step further.
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Love is one of those topics that plenty of people try to write about but not enough try to do.
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I am thankful when I am hungry because then I know that when I eat, the food will taste better. Life has taught me that my true contentment rests in hope, and the pleasure itself is secondary. It is self-awareness, not happiness, that maintains peace.
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Great philosophers become immortal - they make undeniable impacts on culture.
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Psychobabble attempts to redefine the entire English language just to make a correct statement incorrect. Psychology is the study of why someone would try to do this.
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Tell me that the purpose of life is to have fun, and without a care in the world I'll begin wreaking havoc on everything I pass. Now that's what I call pure, honest fun.
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Let your confidence reflect your contentedness.
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The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people.
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Seemingly minor yet persistent things penetrate the mind over time making it difficult to ever realize the impact hence, though quite unfortunate, the most dangerous forms of corruption are those that are subtle and below the radar.
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What further helps to reveal reality is when our personal thinking ceases to take reality for granted.
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Let's not grow with our roots in the ground.
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The writer's curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored.
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