"The great Pioneer Missionaries all had 'inverted homesickness' this passion to call that country their home which was most in need of the Gospel. In this passion all other passions died; before this vision all other visions faded; this call drowned all other voices. They were the pioneers of the Kingdom, the forelopers of God, eager to cross the border-marches and discover new lands or win new-empires"

-- Samuel Marinus Zwemer

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“Our life is an endless journey; it is like a broad highway that extends infinitely into the distance. The practice of meditation provides a vehicle to travel on that road. Our journey consists of constant ups and downs ...”
“Deerstalking would be a very fine sport if only the deer had guns.”
“To write a symphony is, for me, to construct a world.”
“The world turns on our every action, and our every omission, whether we know it or not.”
“Our body craves what is in our bloodstream. Wheat, sugar, alcohol, coffee & de-vitalized foods are designed to be addictive!”
“We think the purpose of a child is to grow up because it does grow up. But its purpose is to play, to enjoy itself, to be a child. If we merely look to the end of the process, the purpose of life is death”
“I don't mind about the boos from the audience.”
“I'd witnessed for the first time in my vampire- obsessed existence an actual vampire bite. The only problem was that it wasn't my neck being bitten.”

Source : Ellen Schreiber (2011). “Vampire Kisses 8: Cryptic Cravings”, p.6, Harper Collins

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