"But later, by the help of the water of new birth, the stain of former years was washed away, and a light from above - serene and pure - was infused into my reconciled heart. Then through the Spirit breathed from heaven, a second birth restored me to a new man."

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Source : "The Writings of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage".

Cyprian

#Heart Quotes #Men Quotes #Light Quotes

“The past is always a rebuke to the present.”

Source : Robert Penn Warren, Floyd C. Watkins, John T. Hiers (1980). “Robert Penn Warren talking: interviews, 1950-1978”, Random House (NY)
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“My analysis is that the gays are about 5% of the attack on marriage in this country, and the feminists are about 95%.”
“There are few things that so touch us with instinctive revulsion as a breach of decorum.”
“I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.”
“That charity is bad which takes from independence its proper pride, from mendicity its salutary shame.”

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