"Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion."

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Source : Benjamin Whichcote (1751). “The works of ... Benjamin Whichcote”, p.194

Benjamin Whichcote

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“If some appalling disaster befalls, there's Always a way for the rich.”
“Be truthful. Nature only sides with truth.”
“Elegance of language must give way before simplicity in preaching sound doctrine.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 481, 1895.
“Tel-Aviv airport is still the only airport in the world where each passenger is met by ten relatives.”
“For a moment of night we have a glimpse of ourselves and of our world islanded in a stream of stars - pilgrims of mortality, voyaging between horizons across the eternal seas of space and time”

Source : "The Outermost House". Book by Henry Beston, www.wired.com. 1928.
“All training is negotiation, whether you're training dogs or spouses”
“Trauma really does confront you with the best and the worst. You see the horrendous things that people do to each other, but you also see resiliency, the power of love, the power of caring, the power of commitment, the power of commitment to oneself, the knowledge that there are things that are larger than our individual survival. And in some ways, I don't think you can appreciate the glory of life unless you also know the dark side of life”

Source : "How Trauma Lodges in the Body". "On Being" with Krista Tippett, onbeing.org. March 9, 2017.
“He who respects others is respected by them.”

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