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The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me.


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My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I've begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I've had it good and am crumbling nicely.



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In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two.



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On the way to work good-hearted young girls sometimes offer me their seats, which I accept and bless them in return, a transaction satisfying to all concerned.



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If a dish doesn't turn out right, change the name and don't bat an eyelid. A fallen souffle is only a risen omelette. It depends on the self-confidence with which you present it.



I once asked God what I could give him. "Your problems," he said. "I've got everything else.

I once asked God what I could give him. "Your problems," he said. "I've got everything else.



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The secular world is more spiritual than it thinks, just as the ecclesiastical world is more materialist than it cares to acknowledge.



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I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick up their know-how.



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When you do a good turn you feel rich, even if you are broke.



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Jews are just like everyone else, only more so.


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I found that when I did something for the sake of heaven, heaven happened. These things changed my life. I owe them to my encounter with Christianity.





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Without action, the best intentions in the world are nothing more than that: intentions.



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