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Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism.

~Edward Gibbon

Topics: Desires Despotism Freedom Our Possessions Poverty Secured Since Strongest

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God authors desires in your heart, then fulfills His Will by enabling you to realize those desires.

~Edwin Louis Cole

Topics: Authors Desires Enabling Fulfills God Heart His Realize Then Those Will You Your

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Throughout the ages, Christians have adapted John of Patmos's visions to changing times, reading their own social, political and religious conflicts into the cosmic war he so powerfully evokes. Yet his Book of Revelation appeals not only to fear and desires for vengeance but also to hope.

~Elaine Pagels

Topics: Adapted Ages Also Appeals Book Changing Christians Conflicts Cosmic Desires Fear He His Hope John Only Own Political Reading Religious Revelation Social Throughout Times Vengeance Visions War

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Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.

~Elbert Hubbard

Topics: Always Answers Desires Disappoint Expectation Gives Meet Never Our Satisfaction Something Thoroughly Though Us

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And if we are in this state, if we had an eternity of probation, what reason have we to suppose that we should profit by it - if we had ever so long a time to chose for ourselves we should pursue our own will, to gratify our carnal I desires.

~Elias Hicks

Topics: Carnal Chose Desires Eternity Ever Gratify Had Long Our Ourselves Own Probation Profit Pursue Reason Should State Suppose Time Will

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You know that we have a great variety of ways to gratify our own desires.

~Elias Hicks

Topics: Desires Gratify Great Know Our Own Variety Ways You

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Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.

~Elie Wiesel

Topics: Also Beings Deeds Desires Follow Ideas Impulses Memories Most Objects People Precede Shadows Surround Think Truth Truth Is Words

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No nation now sets forth to despoil another upon the avowed ground that it desires the spoils.

~Elihu Root

Topics: Another Desires Forth Ground Nation Now Sets Spoils

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My maternal desires are fully satisfied with my dogs.

~Elisabetta Canalis

Topics: Desires Dogs Fully Maternal Satisfied

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We need no fanciful teaching regarding the personality of God. What God desires us to know of Him is revealed in His word and His works. The beautiful things of nature reveal His character and His power as Creator.

~Ellen G. White

Topics: Beautiful Beautiful Things Character Creator Desires God Him His Know Nature Need Personality Power Regarding Reveal Revealed Teaching Things Us Word Works

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