Beware of despairing about yourself: you are commanded to put your trust in God, and not in yourself.

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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.

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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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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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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.

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Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.

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Therefore once for all this short command is given to you. 'Love and do what you will.' If you keep silent, keep silent by love; if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love: let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow.

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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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God is always trying to give good things to us, but our hands are too full to receive them.

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The greatest kindness one can render to any man is leading him to truth.

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