A Christian is: a mind through which Christ thinks, a heart through which Christ loves, a voice through which Christ speaks, and a hand through which Christ helps.

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Patience is the companion of wisdom.

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To withhold forgiveness is to take poison and expect the unforgiven to die.

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Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

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If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.

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God has no need of your money, but the poor have. You give it to the poor, and God receives it.

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Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

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Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.

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There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.

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God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination.

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