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Humility is the light of the understanding.


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You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.

You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.



If my life is fruitless, it doesn't matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn't matter who criticizes me.

If my life is fruitless, it doesn't matter who praises me, and if my life is fruitful, it doesn't matter who criticizes me.



You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.

You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge to Satan.



In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.



The difference between true and false repentance lies in this: the man who truly repents cries out against his heart; but the other, as Eve, against the serpent, or something else.

The difference between true and false repentance lies in this: the man who truly repents cries out against his heart; but the other, as Eve, against the serpent, or something else.



What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.

What God says is best, is best, though all the men in the world are against it.



No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.

No man, without trials and temptations, can attain a true understanding of the Holy Scriptures.



If people really see that Christ has removed the fear of punishment from them by taking it into Himself, they won't do whatever they want, they'll do whatever He wants.

If people really see that Christ has removed the fear of punishment from them by taking it into Himself, they won't do whatever they want, they'll do whatever He wants.



The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.

The truths that I know best I have learned on my knees. I never know a thing well, till it is burned into my heart by prayer.



Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.

Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.





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But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword.





There is his religion of art, my young successor: rejecting life! Not living is what he makes his beautiful fiction out of! And you will now be the person he is not living with!

There is his religion of art, my young successor: rejecting life! Not living is what he makes his beautiful fiction out of! And you will now be the person he is not living with!



A Negro has handicaps enough without having to pay taxes to support the education of white students to learn how to suppress him.

A Negro has handicaps enough without having to pay taxes to support the education of white students to learn how to suppress him.



Some pretty senior young individuals in and around the Cabinet should share the responsibility for talking up an election and referring publicly on the radio to where the risk lies.

Some pretty senior young individuals in and around the Cabinet should share the responsibility for talking up an election and referring publicly on the radio to where the risk lies.



When I look back, I didn't enjoy any of the big games. I didn't enjoy any of the finals. You enjoy lifting the trophy and the celebrations. But it was always the next game.

When I look back, I didn't enjoy any of the big games. I didn't enjoy any of the finals. You enjoy lifting the trophy and the celebrations. But it was always the next game.



Of my death, tell them i have done my duty

Of my death, tell them i have done my duty



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Learning to inhibit unwanted contractions of muscles that function without, or in spite of, our will, is the main task in coordinated action.



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This page presents the quote "Humility is the light of the understanding.". Author of this quote is John Bunyan. This quote is about light, humility, understanding,.