"Fortunately, I read (the books) without knowing what I was in for, and the best thing that can ever happen to a reader happened to me: I loved something that, by conviction (or by my nature) I should not have loved"

-- Milan Kundera

#Book Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Conviction Quotes

“We are in China in obedience to the command of our Lord; and the purpose of our Mission is to disciple and make Christians of this great nation.. . This is a great spiritual work, and to secure success in it we need the abiding presence of the Spirit, and through the Spirit such a full baptism of power as will perfectly fit each one of us for the special work which God has given him to do.”
“No matter what is happening now, events will ultimately bend toward love the way a flower bends toward sunlight.”
“Only 10 percent of the people in the U.S. like dry wines. You shouldn't get down on people just because they like a little sugar.”
“I've always loved music. I wasn't one of those "composing since I was five" kids, but I was definitely involved with music since I was that age - singing in musicals and taking lessons. Lots of lessons! Singing, dancing, acting, drums set. My mom pretty much had a full-time job carting me all over town six days a week.”
“I made some friends at Listerine and they taught me a little bit about oral care. That half of adults suffer from oral disease, that the number one chronic disease among children is oral disease, that we're only taking care of 25% of our mouths when brushing alone and there are more germs in your mouth than there are people on the planet.”
“We cannot live without our lives”
“How well a posse policy will fare in a world with 3 billion people below the poverty line and nuclear warheads scattered around a dozen or more regions like melons in a field, is not easy to imagine.”

Source : "Living In The Number One Country". Book by Herbert Schiller, 2000.
“One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in music, it was, first, because of my father, and second, because of my wife”

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