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The Master said, "When you meet persons of exceptional character think to stand shoulder to shoulder with them; meeting persons of little character, look inward and examine yourself.
— Confucius
I don't know what sort of world she will live in and I have no fixed opinions concerning how she should live in it. I only know that if she does not come to value what is true above what is useful, it will make little difference whether she lives at all.
— Cormac McCarthy
Well, I guess in all honesty I would have to say that I never knew nor did I ever hear of anybody that money didnt change.
— Cormac McCarthy
I dont know what sort of world she will live in and I have no fixed opinions concerning how she should live in it. I only know that if she does not come to value what is true above what is useful it will make little difference whether she lives at all.
— Cormac McCarthy
I would rather sit still in a state of peace on a stone than ride in the motor-car of a multi-millionaire and feel the peacelessness of the multi-millionaire poisoning me.
— DH Lawrence
Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
— DH Lawrence
The instincts of the American people are all perfect, and tend to make heroes.
— Walt Whitman
Friends and family, as well as my personal relationship with the Lord, are more important than anything else.
— Wanda Brunstetter
The crisis of community has its source in the corruption of character.
— Wendell Berry
You may say that I am just another outdated old man complaining about progress and the changes of time. But, you see, I have well considered that possibility myself, and am prepared o submit to correction by anybody who cares about a community, who can show me how the world is improved by that community's dying.
— Wendell Berry
Of two evils choose neither.
— Charles Spurgeon
A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.
— Charles Swindoll