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Quote Left Our dead brothers still live for us and bid us think of life, not death -- of life to which in their youth they lent the passion and glory of Spring. As I listen, the great chorus of life and joy begins again, and amid the awful orchestra of seen and unseen powers and destinies of good and evil, our trumpets, sound once more a note of daring, hope, and will. Quote Right
Quote Left I condole with you, we have lost a most dear and valuable relation, but it is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into real life; 'tis rather an embrio state, a preparation for living; a man is not completely born until he be dead: Why should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals? A new member added to their happy society? We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God -- when they become unfit for these purposes and afford us pain rather than pleasure -- instead of an aid, become an incumbrance and answer none of the intentions for which they were given, it is equally kind and benevolent that a way is provided by which we may get rid of them. Death is that way. We ourselves prudently choose a partial death. In some cases a mangled painful limb, which cannot be restored, we willingly cut off -- He who plucks out a tooth, parts with it freely since the pain goes with it, and he that quits the whole body, parts at once with all pains and possibilities of pains and diseases it was liable to, or capable of making him suffer. Our friend and we are invited abroad on a party of pleasure -- that is to last forever -- His chair was first ready and he is gone before us -- we could not all conveniently start together, and why should you and I be grieved at this, since we are soon to follow, and we know where to find him. Quote Right
Quote Left We have met with so overwhelming an affliction in the death of our beloved Willie, a being too precious for this earth. All that human skill could do, was done for our sainted boy. I fully believe the severe illness [scarlet fever], he passed through, now, almost two years since, was but a warning to us, that one so pure, was not to remain long here and at the same time, he was lent us a little longer to try us and wean us from a world whose chains were fastening around us; and when the blow came it found us so unprepared to meet it. …He has fulfilled his mission and we are left desolate. When I think over his short but happy childhood, how much comfort, he always was to me, and how fearfully I always found my hopes concentrating on so good a boy as he was - when I can bring myself to realize that he has indeed passed away, my question to myself is, ‘ can life be endured? Quote Right
Quote Left The paradoxes of today are the prejudices of tomorrow, since the most benighted and the most deplorable prejudices have had their moment of novelty when fashion lent them its fragile grace. Quote Right
Quote Left Never lend books - nobody ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are those which people have lent me. Quote Right
Quote Left Don't make use of another's mouth unless it has been lent to you. Quote Right
Quote Left Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour. Quote Right
Quote Left The world was not given to us by our parents, it was lent to us by our children! Quote Right

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Quote Left The strongest drum was once a silent tree. Every season of waiting is preparing you for a greater purpose. Trust the transformation. Quote Right
Quote Left Flirting is a cheap currency. Those who don't have character, substance, or real value equivalent to solid gold use flirting as a method to mask their own emptiness in exchange for goods they can get without paying the real price. Quote Right
Quote Left “He who tendeth first the hearth of his own soul, doth rend the veil 'twixt self and all, and in that silent concord, mercy ascendeth as river, flame, and marrow through the bones of the world.” Quote Right
Quote Left A mother's love is relentless, but her anger sharpens swords Quote Right
Quote Left Atheists are truculent when God's Word is luculent Quote Right
Quote Left What we witness is the tides and swirls. We miss out on noticing the calmness within. The fact is that' it never spills out of the bowl which bears it's weight in what ever state it remains. To some the cat's cradle is delightful, while some get entangled. Simple strings of life are most melodious. And when beneath the raging mist, blind trust silently sails... No navigation is required. Quote Right
Quote Left Training beats talent every time. If talent means anything, it is the part of training that we don't understand. Quote Right
Quote Left Whatever you lent has ceased to be yours until it’s returned to you. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu Quote Right
Quote Left “Collaboration is a process where two or more souls work together to exchange skills & create something new. It is not a process whereby a Poet enlists the skills of another Poet, who is obviously more talented, to upgrade her-his poem in order to win a contest or be listed as best poem. This is dishonesty on part of personalities involved. It is much worse than enlisting the aid of AI. It is called artistic corruption which will not aid personal or human evolution.” ©GhairoDanielsQuotes Quote Right
Quote Left Writing is art. Art is talent. And if talent is judged my age writing should be a job not art. Quote Right
Quote Left My mother didn’t teach me to speak, but to be silent with meaning. Quote Right
Quote Left Poetry is just a story told frugally — almost silently, and in near-whispers. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu Quote Right
Quote Left Which of these two fake friends do we manage — the one who rejoices silently when trouble comes to us or the one who refuses to rejoice with us when good things come to us? ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu Quote Right
Quote Left A silent scream unheard still carries the weight of a thousand words. Quote Right
Quote Left Echoes of a silent heart linger long after the voice has faded. Quote Right
Quote Left Society doesn’t want you alive with soul — just functional and silent. Quote Right
Quote Left Sunday is the only day with a silent melody. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu Quote Right
Quote Left Teaching is sacred work—watering wonder, pruning fear, and tending the spirit’s silent blooming. Quote Right
Quote Left Like that Horn of Plenty, and also Pandora's Box, an open heart yields treasure and rocks -- Quote Right
Quote Left Where does evil lie? If not the heart then some inscrutable place that bears silent witness to everything we aren't but wish to be. Quote Right
Quote Left "We must say, goodbye to winter but do not be sad. It will come back again next year with a big smile and plenty of snow. Now we welcome Spring to enjoy." Quote Right
Quote Left "We must say, goodbye to winter but do not be sad. It will come back again next year with a big smile and plenty of snow. Now we welcome Spring and Easter to enjoy." Quote Right
Quote Left My view ahead beyond the horizon, shows a silent struggle, fought without pleasure or partnership... Alone, with only God to witness. Quote Right
Quote Left Satire is the literary equivalent of a facepalm. Quote Right
Quote Left "Come look amid the treacheries glorious of history and the riddles of time existence; deception hammers out its dominion silent. Yes, cloaked in words eloquent, veiled in reason hypnotic, waiting to be unmasked never." - Daniel Henry Rodgers Quote Right
Quote Left The beautiful gravity of the silent night reveals the splendor story of God Quote Right
Quote Left " The Birth of Jesus from the Virgin is equivalent to the stage Srotapatti or Sohan ( He who has entered the stream ). This Initiation is the entrance of the Christ Soul into the Physical life intent upon living it Spiritually by Consecrating it to Noble and Worthy Ideals" Quote Right
Quote Left Relentless; Show just how severe you are. Quote Right
Quote Left In relationships, we often focus on hearing what we want to hear, missing the most important unspoken words. These silent messages speak louder than anything said, and misinterpretation can lead to unexpected hurt. Quote Right
Quote Left Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades the sacred hour of silent rest and leaves, unseen, a dagger in your breast. --Samuel Johnson Quote Right
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