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Francis Picabia

Francis Picabia

Pain has its reasons, pleasure

Pain has its reasons, pleasure is totally indifferent.
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Francis Picabia

Francis Picabia

All beliefs are bald ideas.

All beliefs are bald ideas.
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Francis Picabia

Francis Picabia

Between my head and my

Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death.
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Francis Picabia

Francis Picabia

A free spirit takes liberties

A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself.
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Francis Picabia

Francis Picabia

The essence of a man

The essence of a man is found in his faults.
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Francis Picabia

Francis Picabia

The only way to win

The only way to win is to fight on the side of your adversaries.
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Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi

Grant me the treasure of

Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.
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Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi

Lord, grant that I might

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
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Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi

Blessed is the servant who

Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and an be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face.
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Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi

Start by doing what's necessary,

Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi

It is not fitting, when

It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
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Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where these is hatred, let me sow love.
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Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi

Where there is injury let

Where there is injury let me sow pardon.
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Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi

Above all the grace and

Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
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Emeasoba George

Emeasoba George

Always be full of true

Always be full of true love i.e. be and remain unable to stop thinking of or talking of/portraying true love which is ever all-important.
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Emeasoba George

Emeasoba George

I don't know what you're

I don't know what you're passing through now or what is passing through you presently, it could be a setback, an ordeal, a disappointment or stuffs like that. Notwithstanding, never give up. Rather, hang on and hang in there i.e. be/remain persistent and hopeful no matter what happens. For, things will sooner or later turn out for the good/better even beyond your expectation/imagination.
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Emeasoba George

Emeasoba George

Self-delusion is failure to recognize

Self-delusion is failure to recognize a reality. Now, if you dare to think or say that true doesn't exist. Then, you're delusive. For, true love exists and it will ever exist.
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Emeasoba George

Emeasoba George

Faith is the only virtue

Faith is the only virtue that makes/will make what you hope for a reality. Therefore, have/portray a living faith in order to metamorphose your hopes into realities.
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Emeasoba George

Emeasoba George

What it takes to make

What it takes to make every so seemed impossibility/unreality a possibility/a reality is just courage/an unyielding faith. Oh! Yes, that's just what it takes period.
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Emeasoba George

Emeasoba George

Regardless of your affluence/qualifications/social status

Regardless of your affluence/qualifications/social status until you showcase true love to all, you are worthless and you will remain worthless (1st Corianthians 13 : 2) Q.E.D.
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Emeasoba George

Emeasoba George

Are you being or have

Are you being or have you been discouraged by your age? If Yes, then it's high time you've got to refuse to be discouraged by it. For, your age shouldn't discourage you from pursuing/going after/achieving a new dream/vision/aspiration.
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Emeasoba George

Emeasoba George

Sometimes, adversity/difficulty marks a turning

Sometimes, adversity/difficulty marks a turning point in one's lifetime i.e. sometimes it ends up turning one's life around. I mean, it finally makes one's life better and never worse.
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Emeasoba George

Emeasoba George

Failure is meant to be

Failure is meant to be a crossroad i.e. a point at which you are expected to make a critical decision about what to do next i.e. whether to quit or not, move forward or backward. But, never you quit/move backward no matter what happens.
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Emeasoba George

Emeasoba George

There is nothing which you

There is nothing which you have presently that's actually an entitlement to you. I mean, your riches/wealth/fame/qualifications/job/career/business/houses/cars/husband/wife/children and what have you? are all end results of God's infinite grace/mercy. So come on, show gratitude to God for his infinite mercy/grace upon your life.
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