Patience is the companion of wisdom.

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Do you desire security? Here you have it. The Lord says to you, "I will never abandon you, I will always be with you." If a good man made you such a promise, you would trust him. God makes it, and do you doubt? Do you seek a support more sure than the word of God, which is infallible? Surely, He has made the promise, He has written it, He has pledged His word for it, it is most certain.

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The measure of love is to love without measuring.

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Remember this. When people choose to withdraw far from a fire, the fire continues to give warmth, but they grow cold. When people choose to withdraw far from light, the light continues to be bright in itself but they are in darkness. This is also the case when people withdraw from God.

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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

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The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.

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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift. He will not deny us. God withholds what you are not yet ready for. He wants you to have a lively desire for His greatest gifts. All of which is to say, pray always and do not lose heart.

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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.

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Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow.

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

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