God doesn’t take things away to be cruel. He takes things away to make room for other things. He takes things away to lighten us. He takes things away so we can fly.
The death penalty not only takes away the life of the person strapped to the table - it takes away a little bit of the humanity in each of us.
It takes courage, of course, to step out of the fray, as it takes courage to do anything that's necessary, whether tending to a loved one on her deathbed or turning away from that sugarcoated doughnut.
The anxiety I get more when I'm not working. So actually work, for me, takes away my anxiety, and doing live TV, in that moment when you're consumed by something else, it takes away all of my thoughts. It distracts you!
At nineteen, it seems to me, one has a right to be arrogant; time has usually not begun its stealthy and rotten subtractions. It takes away your hair and your jump-shot, according to a popular country song, but in truth it takes away a lot more than that.
Every book that you pick up takes you a step away from your real world, but if you read a book about magic, it takes you an extra two steps.
When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots. They can't get away with their abuse. They can't get away with subjection. They can't get away with subjugation. They can't get away with exploitation. They can't get away with domination. It takes courage for folk to stand up.
Some people think that meditation takes time away from physical accomplishment. Taken to extremes, of course, that's true. Most people, however, find that meditation creates more time than it takes.
Takes a man or a woman to say I'm sorry, and it takes a fool to walk away.
Little science takes you away from God but more of it takes you to Him.
But on the other hand government takes away a certain amount of liberty and in some countries it takes away all of liberty. And it will, everywhere, if people who fight government do not fight government any longer.
The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes
I really try my best not to get attached to a script, because I know what it takes: It takes you away from your family and what you like to do.
WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES, it takes away today's PEACE.
The best of community does give one a deep sense of belonging and well-being; and in that sense community takes away loneliness.
Disease is an experience of mortal mind. It is fear made manifest on the body. Divine Science takes away this physical sense of discord, just as it removes a sense of moral or mental in-harmony.