"To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among the most painful exertions of the human will."

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Source : Nassau William Senior (1852). “Political Economy: Reprinted from the Original Edition”, p.60

Nassau William Senior

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“If we demand things in worship that can't be in every culture, then we're demanding cultural preferences, not biblical.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ed Stetzer from Sep 02, 2009
“If I think something is beautiful, there must be somebody out there who will agree with me.”
“One of Beethoven's favorite dishes was macaroni and cheese. The girl I marry must be able to make good macaroni and cheese..." "How did Beethoven feel about cold cereal?”
“Expect your every need to be met. Expect the answer to every problem, expect abundance on every level.”
“When you stop doing things for fun you might as well be dead.”
“The white peopleâ€™s thought is full of ignorance. They constantly devastate the land they live on and transform the waters they drink into quagmires! There is only one sky and we must take care of it, for if it becomes sick, everything will come to an end.”
“If you are fond of dressing elegantly, or when you put on your clothes, think of the incorruptible garment of righteousness in which our souls should be arrayed, or of Jesus Christ Who is our spiritual raiment, as it is said: 'For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ' (Gal. 3:27).”
“The representatives of business interests are the men to start this enterprise among our people and bring them to a full realization of the very grave seriousness of this war, to make them feel that we are in this war to win, and the probability is that our entering this war is going to be the deciding factor, and that the burden of the success is going to rest upon the United States.”

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