"To will what God doth will, that is the only science That gives us any rest."

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Source : Francois de Malherbe, “Consolation”

Francois de Malherbe

#Giving Quotes #Resignation Quotes

“We were thinking about how other people deal with this career on every song. We got to meet people like Thom Yorke and hear him say how it's never normal when fans just come up to you. It's always a strange job. We don't want to come off like we're pitying ourselves for having this job because it's really amazing in a lot of ways. But there's a lot of stuff that comes with it that we're not really comfortable with.”
“Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity. They are children, women and men who leave or who are forced to leave their homes for various reasons, who share a legitimate desire for knowing and having, but above all for being more”
“I understand all the problems for the Ministry of Defence, of course I do; working within a budget and trying to do so many things is not easy.”
“He was numb except for dreading the loss of numbness.”
“The biggest bursts of speciation that we know about in the history of the earth are soon after great cataclysms, like the extinction of the dinosaurs, which create new opportunities, and all sorts of new forms spring up... So, quite often, the reasons for creativity depend on accidents or disasters that prevent the normal habits being carried out.”
“The third big idea is that we confess our sins to someone close to us--a friend or our spouse. I don't mean a public declaration of our shortcomings; I mean confession in the security of a trusted and living friend.”

Source : Ted Haggard (2002). “Simple Prayers for a Powerful Life”, Baker Publishing Group
“The best Party is but a kind of Conspiracy against the rest of the Nation. They put every body else out of their Protection. Like the Jews to the Gentiles, all others are the Offscowrings of the World.”
“Philanthropy is no longer about writing a check for $10,000 to the opera.”

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