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“This is beyond our power, brethren,” said the priest. “God forgives us the oaths we make in ignorance.
“We live out our lives as we are meant to live them-with some choice, with some chance, but mostly as a result of the persons we are.”
― The Druid of Shannara
― The Druid of Shannara
“One should treasure those humdrum tasks that keep the body occupied but leave the mind and heart unfettered.”
― The Dragonbone Chair
― The Dragonbone Chair
“But the story of the golden calf also reminds us that without rules we quickly become slaves to our passions—and there’s nothing freeing about that.”
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“Before, he never knew what he would be when he grew up. He never really thought about anything other than watching vids and playing—nothing had been a challenge. Now every day was a challenge and a new adventure.”
― The Fall of Reach (Halo, Bk. 1) 1st (first) edition Text Only
― The Fall of Reach (Halo, Bk. 1) 1st (first) edition Text Only
“Strictly speaking, there are no such things as good and bad impulses. Think once again of a piano. It has not got two kinds of notes on it, the ‘right’ notes and the ‘wrong’ ones. Every single note is right at one time and wrong at another. The Moral Law is not any one instinct or set of instincts: it is something which makes a kind of tune (the tune we call goodness or right conduct) by directing the instincts”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
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