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101 " There were two sets of double doors leading out of the antechamber, one marked STACKS and the other TOMES. Not knowing the difference between the two, I headed to the ones labeled STACKS. That was what I wanted. Stacks of books. Great heaps of books. Shelf after endless shelf of books. "
― Patrick Rothfuss , The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
102 " We knew the difference between that which cannot be expressed and that which must. We understood that while words are a path taking us only so far, they are a requisite to the journey. They are like road maps that show us which way to go. "
103 " A young woman forced to keep drunks supplied with beer and siblings with cleanunderwear—instead of being allowed to pursue something higher —stores up greatreserves of vitality, a vitality never dreamed of by university students yawning over theirbooks. (...) The difference between the universitygraduate and the autodidact lies not so much in the extent of knowledge as in theextent of vitality and self-confidence. The elan with which Tereza flung herself into hernew Prague existence was both frenzied and precarious. She seemed to be expectingsomeone to come up to her any day and say, What are you doing here? Go back whereyou belong! "
― Milan Kundera , The Unbearable Lightness of Being
104 " Become the difference you want to make," and the heart of your mind will feel what the mind of your heart knows. "
105 " Unless you understand the difference between insight and revelation, you will be far from transformation. "
― Christian Michael , The Art of Bible Study
106 " If we could treat every natural resource as a gift rather than a commodity, we would be on the path to sustainability. The difference is that a gift does not belong to us but to the universe. It comes into our lives from a source that is unknown and ultimately unknowable; eventually , it returns to its source. "
― Victor Shamas , The Way of Play: Reclaiming Divine Fun & Celebration
107 " Why is true success so relatively effortless? It might be likened to the magnetic field created by an electric current running through a wire. The higher the power of the current, the greater the magnetic field that it generates. And the magnetic field itself then influences everything in its presence. There are very few at the top. The world of the mediocre, however, is one of intense competition, and the bottom of the pyramid is crowded. Charismatic winners are sought out; losers have to strive to be accepted. People who are loving, kind, and thoughtful of others have more friends than they can count; success in every area of life is a reflex to those who are aligned with successful patterns. And the capacity to be able to discern the difference between the strong patterns of success and the weak patterns leading to failure is now available to each of us. "
108 " Orthodoxy, however, entails a revolution in our metaphysical conception of the relationship between God and humanity, and therefore between the uncreated Unum and the maior dissimilitudo of the creature before the Unum. Properly understood, the apostolic confession of the unity of Christ does not stand midway between a “too unitive Christology” on the one hand, and a “too differentiating Christology” on the other; rather, it wholly recapitulates the nature of the difference of man before God. "
― Aaron Riches , Ecce Homo: On the Divine Unity of Christ
109 " In an extroverted society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent. "
― Criss Jami , Venus in Arms
110 " Sometimes I think the difference between what we want and what we're afraid of is about the width of an eyelash. "
― Jay McInerney
111 " Choice is the basis of every part of your existence, but so is fear. The difference is, choice creates movement, where fear limits movement. "
― Réné Gaudette
112 " In the evening I came home and read about the Messina earthquake, and how the relief ships arrived, and the wretched survivors crowded down to the water's edge and tore each other like wild beasts in their rage of hunger. The paper set forth, in horrified language, that some of them had been seventy-two hours without food. I, as I read, had also been seventy-two hours without food; and the difference was simply that they thought they were starving. "
― Upton Sinclair , The Fasting Cure
113 " Years ago this was just a place where I was assigned to work. Today looking at this place represents the opportunity that God allowed me to see the beauty of His works. The difference in then and now - I guess our views are a representative of our growth. Thankful. "
― Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.
114 " When wisdom comes, transformation comes. Wisdom makes the difference between the succeeding man and the failing man. "
― Patience Johnson, , Why Does an Orderly God Allow Disorder
115 " You have a nicety of awareness of the difference between a blade's edge and its tip. "
― Frank Herbert , Dune
116 " It’s not what happens, it’s what you do that makes the difference to how things turn out. Change your perspective in the way that serves you best. "
― Mensah Oteh , The Good Life: Transform your life through one good day
117 " Dream until you can no longer tell the difference between your dreams and reality. "
― Mensah Oteh
118 " I can’t quite figure out the difference between loving someone and loving things about them. "
― Corey Ann Haydu , The Careful Undressing of Love
119 " What is the difference? Tell me what is the difference between you and me. We both kill for what we want," the man asks." We lived here first. "
120 " It's not about who loves her. It's about how you love her. You have to learn the difference between what she says, and what she means. Don't just make her laugh. Try and understand why she smiles. Plenty have told her she's beautiful, but can you make her feel that way too? There's a difference, see. Compliments might cage her, while empowerment sets her free. My God, what matters to her is not just who flatters her. There's a language to her love you'll need to learn. Speak it true, and I promise you, the best of her, is what you'll earn. "
― J. Raymond