"Humility, as we all know, is one of those virtues that is never gained by seeking it. The more we pursue it the more distant it becomes. To think we have it is sure evidence that we don't."

-- Richard J. Foster

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“Hope doesn't come from calculating whether the good news is winning out over the bad. Its simply a choice to take action.”
“A thing is not proved just because no one has ever questioned it. What has never been gone into impartially has never been properly gone into. Hence scepticism is the first step toward truth. It must be applied generally, because it is the touchstone.”

Source : "The Anchor Book of French Quotations with English Translations". Book by Norbert Gutermam, 1963.
“The X server has to be the biggest program I've ever seen that doesn't do anything for you.”
“With Pussy Riot - this was a prank! It was a brilliant, artistically gifted prank. But they didn't expect to go to prison! They were college girls who became political prisoners for two years. That makes them very similar to the people who were "just going to a protest one day" and got arrested. They had no idea they were risking the rest of their lives. Because you're never the same after you've spent two years in a gulag.”
“In down times I do things like go for a long bike ride or run. The other thing I'm doing in that quiet time is just observing.”
“We only enter into the full life if our faith gives thanks. Because how else do we accept His free gift of salvation if not with thanksgiving? Thanksgiving is the evidence of our acceptance of whatever He gives. Thanksgiving is the manifestation of our Yes! to His grace.”
“A few Cobras in your home will soon clear it of Rats and Mice. Of course, you will still have the Cobras.”

Source : "How to Become Extinct". Book by Will Cuppy, 1941.
“As the vice-regents of God, we are to bring His truth and His â€¦ dominion â€¦ over our neighborhoods, our schools, our governmentâ€¦ our entertainment media, our news media, our scientific endeavors â€“ in short, over every aspect and institution of human society.”

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