The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.
– Henry Ward Beecher
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- Nature composes some of her loveliest poems for the microscope and the telescope. – Theodore Roszak
- Materialists deny God because they can’t smell a rose with a telescope. – Adriano Bulla
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- Shine your light so bright, and no one will need a telescope to see you. – Matshona Dhliwayo
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- Manifest of souls;Adventurous soul,Enthusiastic soul, Sound soul,Happy soul,Great soul. – Lailah Gifty Akita
- There is no shadow without the sun.No suffering without divinity.No fear without love.No despair without desire.No hopelessness without faith. – Brownell Landrum
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- The sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the streets of Rome. – Harriet Beecher Stowe
- «It’s true, Christian-like or not; and is about as Christian-like as most other things in the world,» said Alfred. – Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Treat ’em like dogs, and you’ll have dogs’ works and dogs’ actions. Treat ’em like men, and you’ll have men’s works. – Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse! – Harriet Beecher Stowe
- The heavy soul will not pass though the body is failing. – JR Ward