way-of-life

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1e8ff8e	We are always trying to convert people to a belief in our own explanation of the universe. We think that the more people there are who believe as we do, the more certain it will be that what we believe is the truth. But it doesn't work that way at all.	universe truth common-sense way-of-life	Paulo Coelho
f4cd23c	Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry	moderation way-of-life zealotry	Christopher Paolini
21e7903	People want to be safe, not free.	people way-of-life safety	Libba Bray
8e5a690	"Vedn'zh se sp'nakh i padnakh - prod'lzhi tia. - Chakakh go kakto vinagi na avtobusnata spirka pred paviliona, no toi zak'snia, i kogato se zadade, avtobus't veche tr'gvashe. Spusnakhme se da go gonim, no az padnakh i si navekhnakh glezena. A toi vika: "Gorkoto meche-buboleche". Zadeto padnakh, de. Gorkoto meche-buboleche, kazva. Gospodi, kak'v mil beshe. - A Liu niama li chuvstvo za khumor? - Kakvo? - Kazvam, Liu niama li chuvstvo za khumor? - Diavol znae. Mozhe i da ima. Smee se, kato gleda karikaturi i razni takiva."	uncle-wiggily-in-connecticut way-of-life	J.D. Salinger
4bb4530	A man is a man is a man. His family threatened, his beliefs attacked, his way of life destroyed, his whole world coming to an end - he will kill. Make no mistake. He won't let the new order roll over him without a struggle.	way-of-life	Zadie Smith
88bc965	I like the way everything is clear and concise, you'll always be forgiven but you must know the rules	way-of-life forgiveness	Rumer Godden
d099156	Without faith, people perish, and they are perishing before our eyes	people faith god way-of-life eyes	Walker Percy
49fcc37	..And because he was still able to move his hands - Morrie always spoke with both hands waving - he showed great passion when explaining how you face the end of life.	ill passion death life hands wait decision way-of-life	Mitch Albom
0e51b0b	"Every little thing makes a difference, whether you decide it yourself or whether it's pure accident. So many people have had the whole course of their lives changed by something perfectly simple like, let's say, crossing the street at one point instead of another." "Yes, yes, yes, I know," Stenham said with exaggerated weariness. "As far as I'm concerned that's just as boring, and a lot more false, by the way. The point I'm trying to make is that he loves his world of Koranic law because it's his, and at the same time he hates it because his intuition tells him it's at the end of its rope. He can't expect anything more from it. And our world, he hates that too, just on general principles, and yet it's his only hope, the only way out--if there is one for him personally, which I doubt."	french-morocco western-dominion koran western-civilization morocco modernism imperialism relativism way-of-life culture modernity	Paul Bowles
f946fc4	.. when all this started, I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I decided I'm going to live - or at least try to live - the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humour, with composure.	withdraw humour courage death life cope dignity decision way-of-life	Mitch Albom

1e8ff8e

We are always trying to convert people to a belief in our own explanation of the universe. We think that the more people there are who believe as we do, the more certain it will be that what we believe is the truth. But it doesn't work that way at all.

universe truth common-sense way-of-life

Paulo Coelho

f4cd23c

Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry

moderation way-of-life zealotry

Christopher Paolini

21e7903

People want to be safe, not free.

people way-of-life safety

Libba Bray

8e5a690

"Vedn'zh se sp'nakh i padnakh - prod'lzhi tia. - Chakakh go kakto vinagi na avtobusnata spirka pred paviliona, no toi zak'snia, i kogato se zadade, avtobus't veche tr'gvashe. Spusnakhme se da go gonim, no az padnakh i si navekhnakh glezena. A toi vika: "Gorkoto meche-buboleche". Zadeto padnakh, de. Gorkoto meche-buboleche, kazva. Gospodi, kak'v mil beshe. - A Liu niama li chuvstvo za khumor? - Kakvo? - Kazvam, Liu niama li chuvstvo za khumor? - Diavol znae. Mozhe i da ima. Smee se, kato gleda karikaturi i razni takiva."

uncle-wiggily-in-connecticut way-of-life

J.D. Salinger

4bb4530

A man is a man is a man. His family threatened, his beliefs attacked, his way of life destroyed, his whole world coming to an end - he will kill. Make no mistake. He won't let the new order roll over him without a struggle.

way-of-life

Zadie Smith

88bc965

I like the way everything is clear and concise, you'll always be forgiven but you must know the rules

way-of-life forgiveness

Rumer Godden

d099156

Without faith, people perish, and they are perishing before our eyes

people faith god way-of-life eyes

Walker Percy

49fcc37

..And because he was still able to move his hands - Morrie always spoke with both hands waving - he showed great passion when explaining how you face the end of life.

ill passion death life hands wait decision way-of-life

Mitch Albom

0e51b0b

"Every little thing makes a difference, whether you decide it yourself or whether it's pure accident. So many people have had the whole course of their lives changed by something perfectly simple like, let's say, crossing the street at one point instead of another." "Yes, yes, yes, I know," Stenham said with exaggerated weariness. "As far as I'm concerned that's just as boring, and a lot more false, by the way. The point I'm trying to make is that he loves his world of Koranic law because it's his, and at the same time he hates it because his intuition tells him it's at the end of its rope. He can't expect anything more from it. And our world, he hates that too, just on general principles, and yet it's his only hope, the only way out--if there is one for him personally, which I doubt."

french-morocco western-dominion koran western-civilization morocco modernism imperialism relativism way-of-life culture modernity

Paul Bowles

f946fc4

.. when all this started, I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I decided I'm going to live - or at least try to live - the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humour, with composure.

withdraw humour courage death life cope dignity decision way-of-life

Mitch Albom