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• All who have lived according to God still live unto God, though they have departed this life. For this reason, God is called the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, since He is the God, not of the dead, but of the living

  Gregory of Nazianzus

  Christian, Departed, Reason

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• Besides loving each other, we must bear with each other and pardon ? 'forgive them that trespass against us' ? in order that our heavenly Father may 'forgive us our trespasses' (Mt. 6:14). Thus, with all your soul honor and love in every man the image of God, not regarding his sins, for God alone is Holy and without sin; and see how He loves us, how much He has created and still creates for us, punishing us mercifully and forgiving us bounteously and graciously. Honor the man also, in spite of his sins, for he can always amend.

  John of Kronstadt

  Christian, Father, Men

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• There is One God and One Mediator between God and man, the man Jesus Christ (cf. I Tim. 2:5). For He still pleads even now as man for my salvation; for He continues to wear the Body which He assumed, until He make me a god by the power of His Incarnation; although He is no longer known after the flesh (cf. II Cor. 5:16) ? I mean, the passions of the flesh, the same, except sin, as ours.

  Gregory of Nazianzus

  Christian, Jesus, Passion

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• Men seized of the urge to have a knowledge of God and to be pure in mind devote all their gathered energies to this one task. While they still live in the corruption of the flesh they give themselves to that service in which they will persevere when the corruption has been laid aside. And already they come in sight of what the Lord and Savior held out when He said, 'Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God' (Mt. 5:8).

  John Cassian

  Christian, Blessed, Heart

  John Cassian, Colm Luibhéid (1985). “Conferences”, p.45, Paulist Press

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• No one seeing a beautifully elaborated lyre with its harmonious, orderly arrangement, and hearing the lyre's music will fail to form a notion of its craftsman-player, to recur to him in thought though ignorant of him by sight. In this way the creative power, which moves and safeguards its objects, is clear to us, though it be not grasped by the understanding. Anyone who refuses to progress this far in following instinctive proofs must be wanting in judgment. But still, whatever we imagined or figured to ourselves or reason delineated is not the reality of God.

  Gregory of Nazianzus

  Christian, Moving, Player

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• What is the right time [to discuss theology]? Whenever we are free from the mire and noise without, and our commanding faculty is not confused by illusory, wandering images, leading us, as it were, to mix fine script with ugly scrawling, or sweet-smelling scent with slime. We need actually 'to be still' (Ps. 46:10) in order to know God, and when we receive the opportunity, 'to judge uprightly' (Ps. 75:2) in theology.

  Gregory of Nazianzus

  Christian, Sweet, Confused

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• For here, am I sitting in a tin can, far above the world. Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do... Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles, I'm feeling very still - and I think my spaceship knows which way to go. Tell my wife I love her very much.

  David Bowie

  Travel, Thinking, Past

  Song: Space Oddity

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• Suddenly the nickel-clad horse takes the bit in its mouth and goes slanting for the curbstone defying all prayers and all your powers to change its mind - your heart stands still, your breath hangs fire, your legs forget to work.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Horse, Prayer

  Mark Twain, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays”, p.3132, GENERAL PRESS

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• Get money, still get money, boy, no matter by what means.

  Ben Jonson

  Money, Mean, Boys

  Ben Jonson, Robert S. Miola (2000). “Every Man in His Humour: Quarto Version”, p.253, Manchester University Press

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• Singing is still the important thing to me. I love singing. I wouldn't be putting myself through all this if I didn't.

  Tevin Campbell

  Singing, Important, Ifs

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• Be still. In that focus, all else comes into focus. In that rift in my routine, the universe falls into alignment.

  Philip Yancey

  Fall, Focus, Routine

  Philip Yancey (2009). “Grace Notes”, p.305, Harper Collins

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• You see more sitting still than chasing after.

  Jonathan Franzen

  Sitting Still, Chasing, Stillness

  "Ten rules for writing fiction". www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2010.

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• Stupid criticism and still more stupid praise.

  Giuseppe Verdi

  Stupid, Criticism, Praise

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• What you do to prevent further felonious assault, as long as the felon is still capable of action, is justified.

  Jeff Cooper

  Long, Felons, Action

  Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.44, Paladin Press

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• African American children are significantly more likely to be obese than are white children. Nearly half of African American children will develop diabetes at some point in their lives. People, that's half of our children. ...We can build our kids the best schools on earth, but if they don't have the basic nutrition they need to concentrate, they're still going to have a challenge learning.

  Michelle Obama

  Children, Kids, School

  "Michelle Obama Dons Dots At NAACP Convention", www.huffingtonpost.com. July 12, 2010.

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• On one level, life is effervescent and active. On another level, it is absolutely still. The inner stillness nourishes the outer activity.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Love, Life, Meditation

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• I barely belong to this world, but still I'm participating.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Love, Life, Meditation

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• While we have made great progress in increasing funding for veterans' benefits, we still have a long way to go in fully meeting the promise to our veterans.

  Sue Kelly

  Our Veterans, Long, Promise

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• Some of those STINKIN' press people just had to make fun of my decision in joining the show. They also made fun of other choices in my life that I was proud of then and still am now!!!

  Ruth Buzzi

  Fun, People, Choices

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• There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control.

  Iris Chang

  Country, Government, Engagement

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• The thrill of hearing your own voice recorded is still there, I still love it, going into the studio and thinking how can I sing this song and between the producers and the musicians you find a way of doing it.

  Cliff Richard

  Song, Thinking, Voice

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• On one hand, I'm an optimistic pessimist. On the other, I'm a pessimistic optimist. But while there's life, there's still hope, and I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing if I didn't think there was still hope.

  Helen Caldicott

  Future, Optimistic, Thinking

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• I fall in love too easily, I fall in love too fast
  I fall in love too terribly hard, for love to ever last
  My heart should be well schooled, 'cause I've been fooled in the past
  And still I fall in love too easily, I fall in love too fast

  Sammy Cahn

  Falling In Love, Heart, Past

  Sammy Cahn (2002). “Sammy Cahn's Rhyming Dictionary”, p.38, Hal Leonard Corporation

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• Thinking should be like musical meditation. Has any philosopher pursued a thought to its limits the way Bach or Beethoven develop and exhaust a musical theme? Even after having read the most profound thinkers, one still feels the need to begin anew. Only music gives definitive answers.

  Emile M. Cioran

  Music, Thinking, Giving

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• But hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity.

  William Wordsworth

  Music, Humanity, Hearing

  'Lines composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey' (1798) l. 88

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