"...the only thing that makes the Church endurable is that it is somehow the body of Christ and that on this we are fed. It seems to be a fact that you have to suffer as much from the Church as for it but if you believe in the divinity of Christ, you have to cherish the world at the same time that you struggle to endure it."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Believe Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“Imperialism leaves behind germs of rot which we must clinically detect and remove from our land but from our minds as well.”
“And what does anyone know about traitors, or why Judas did what he did?”
“Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.”

Source : Orison Swett Marden (1907). “The Optimistic Life”
“The summer demands and takes away too much. /But night, the reserved, the reticent, gives more than it takes”

Source : John Ashbery (1986). “Selected Poems”
“This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques.”
“[The Center for Industrial Progress'] model allows us to keep conflicts of interest to an absolute minimum as we do our research and writing. As for our relationship with the fossil fuel industry, it's the same as everyone else - they pay for our ideas, we never accept money to voice theirs.”
“It's the only way I think I'm ever going to walk away from the game, is to go ahead and say I'm going to, and then I've got to. There's no turning back now - win, lose or draw.”

Source : "Cox to retire as Braves manager after next season" by Mike Fitzpatrick, www.foxnews.com. September 23, 2009.
“A likely source for terrorists seeking to buy or steal nuclear materials is the former Soviet Union.”

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