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He said, one time, that no true leader burdened his followers with a greater load than they could ca...

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Malcolm XThe Autobiography of Malcolm X

Kill what you can't savewhat you can't eat throw outwhat you can't throw out buryWhat you can't bury...

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Now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of th...

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Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.

Thy will be done, my Lord. Because you know the weakness in the heart of yourchildren, and you assig...

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Paulo CoelhoBy the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

You must suffer me to go my own dark way.

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Robert Louis StevensonThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

One of the many burdens of the person professing Christianity has always been the odium likely to be...

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His August Majesty chided the bureaucrats for failing to understand a simple principle: the principl...

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There was something so heavy about the burden of history, of the past. I wasn't sure I had it in me ...

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A lame creature, a cripple like myself, has no right to love. How should I, broken, shattered being ...

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The worst fear of the race yes, the world suddenly transformed into a senseless nightmare, horrible ...

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Thomas LigottiGrimscribe: His Lives and Works

She did not suspect that the Abbess was even there hovering about the house, herself estimating the ...

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Thornton WilderThe Bridge of San Luis Rey

Man is not a beast of burden, and the Sabbath is not for the purpose of enhancing the efficiency of ...

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Abraham Joshua HeschelThe Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man

My soul’s a burden to me, I’ve had enough of it. I’m eager to be in that country, where the sun kill...

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The weight of the world is love. Under the burden of solitude, under the burden of dissatisfaction t...

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If men should read these words, let them know that power is a heavy burden. Seek not to be bound by ...

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Sometimes carrying the burden of an upsetting truth, and hiding it, is actually a gift you give to s...

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His famous, soul-stirring "I have a dream" speech will still give you chills and break your heart to...

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Craig GroeschelWeird: Because Normal Isn't Working

God's blessings, however, aren't always bigger, better, and beautiful. In fact, I truly believe that...

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Craig GroeschelWeird: Because Normal Isn't Working

God put you on earth with a divine assignment- something prepared in advance for you to do. I've fou...

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Craig GroeschelWeird: Because Normal Isn't Working

You care because God gave you this unusual blessing: a burden to make a difference.

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Craig GroeschelWeird: Because Normal Isn't Working

When you feel this burden, you might be frustrated, wondering why no one else cares as much as you d...

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Craig GroeschelWeird: Because Normal Isn't Working

I'm asking God to give you a Popeye moment. A moment when God blesses you with a divine burden: some...

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Craig GroeschelWeird: Because Normal Isn't Working

Duty is a good thing, a calling without which no civilization can survive, but it is also a weight a...

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Sometimes it seems that to exit this world, they must go through my heart, leaving me scarred and so...

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Only the man who follows the command of Jesus single-mindedly, and unresistingly lets his yoke rest ...

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Dietrich BonhoefferThe Cost of Discipleship

It is easy to tell the toiler How best he can carry his packBut no one can rate a burden's weightUnt...

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None knows the weight of another's burden.

she had no stay, no root in herself yet. Well do I know not one human being ought, even were it poss...

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Remember, the burden of sorrow is doubled when it is borne alone.

the larger the percentage of the national income taken by taxes the greater the deterrent to private...

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Henry HazlittEconomics in One Lesson: The Shortest & Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics

I will say nothing... against the course of my existence. But at bottom it has been nothing but pain...

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I will say nothing against the course of my existence. But at bottom it has been nothing but pain an...

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After all, no relationship could function or survive under the burden of total honesty.

There werethings, he said mournfully, that perhaps could never be told, only hehad lived so much alo...

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He did not care what the end would be, and in his lucid moments overvalued his indifference. The dan...

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I am stupid, am I not? What more can I want? If you ask them who is brave--who is true--who is just-...

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This is glorious!' I cried, and then i looked at the sinner by my side. He sat with his head sunk on...

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