"Character is revealed in the power to discern the suffering of other people when we ourselves are suffering; in the ability to detect the hunger of others when we are hungry; and in the power to reach out and extend compassion for the spiritual agony of others when we are in the midst of our own spiritual distress."

-- David A. Bednar

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“They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.”

Source : "For the Fallen" l. 13 (1914)
“Holy Father, forgive me for grumbling. I know I've sounded just like the Israelites. I long to dwell not on the If Onlys but on You. Make me wise like the old woodcutter - content with what I know, not perturbed by what I don't know.”
“I think lightness has to come from a very deep place if it's true lightness.”
“Simplicity is the pursuit of the essential.”
“We are human in expression, but divine in creation and limitless in potentiality.”

Source : Eric Butterworth (2001). “The Power Within”, p.19, James Clarke & Co.
“Usually when you do shows you're in the middle of the tour and you're all oiled up and it's just another stop. It's so much pressure for just three minutes. My stomach still hurts.”

Source : "Eels: He’s Electric". Interview with David Coggins, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 22, 2009.
“Successful people recognize crisis as a time for change - from lesser to greater, smaller to bigger.”
“How far have you walked for men who've never held your feet in their laps?”

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