"The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us."

Bernanos, Georges on prayer   

"Wars are won oin winter"

Bonaparte, Napoleon on   

"It is never safe to look into the future with eyes of fear."

Harriman, Edward H. on vision
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"Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible."

Gaines, Frank on vision   

"The best vision is insight."

Forbes, Malcolm S. on vision
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"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward."

Kierkegaard, Søren on life
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"Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced."

Kierkegaard, Søren on life
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"In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant. My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known -- no wonder, then, that I return the love."

Kierkegaard, Søren on depression
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"Joy can be real only if people look on their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness."

Tolstoy, Count Leo on service   

"I am always with myself and it is I who am my tormentor."

Tolstoy, Count Leo on self-control
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"Fear is the mother of morality."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on fear
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"A strong and secure man digests his experiences (deeds and misdeeds alike) just as he digests his meat, even when he has some bits to swallow."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on experience
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"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger."

Nietzsche, Friedrich on adversity
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"Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God."

Pascal, Blaise on faith
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"The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well."

Coubertin, Baron Pierre De on courage
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