"Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads."

-- Lord Chesterfield

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“We must have something of substance to say in our worship [services] that reminds us why Christ's story is so unique and so utterly essential.”
“Love is our most unifying and empowering common spiritual denominator. The more we ignore its potential to bring greater balance and deeper meaning to human existence, the more likely we are to continue to define history as one long inglorious record of manâ€™s inhumanity to man.”

Source : Aberjhani (2014). “Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry”, p.17, Lulu.com
“My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.”
“I am no Othello, Othello was a lie.”

Source : Tayeb Salih (1991). “Season of Migration to the North”, p.95, Heinemann
“It sounds kind of strange, but Jail time was almost a good experience for me.”
“I've been writing most of my life; it's just something I do.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“We start from Kuwait, and to Kuwait we end. Anyone but that, is not from Kuwait, and Kuwait is not from them.”
“One of the greatest rewards that we ever receive for serving God is the permission to do still more for Him.”

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