"O blessed poverty, who bestows eternal riches on those who love and embrace her!"

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Source : Saint Clare (of Assisi), Regis J. Armstrong (2006). “The Lady: Clare of Assisi : Early Documents”, p.22, New City Press

Clare of Assisi

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“When I started travelling, I would go to a city and be on television and I used to get the question, 'Why do you work? If I were you, I'd just go and lie on a beach somewhere.' And I'd answer, 'Well, I wanted to make something of my life.”
“We must never despair; our situation has been compromising before, and it has changed for the better; so I trust it will again. If difficulties arise, we must put forth new exertion and proportion our efforts to the exigencies of the times.”
“We as Democrats have no apologies to make to anyone.”
“History will dictate what my legacy is. And 'maverick' is fine, because I am.”
“I felt then, as I feel now, that the politicians who took us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, instead of organizing nothing better than legalized mass murder.”

Source : "Land of conflict" by Ian Pindar, Aimee Shalan, John Dugdale, www.theguardian.com. June 13, 2008.
“Suffering is a corrective to point out a lesson which by other means we have failed to grasp, and never can it be eradicated until that lesson is learnt.”

Source : Edward Bach, F. J. Wheeler (1998). “The Bach Flower Remedies”, p.11, McGraw Hill Professional
“But after he was pleased to reveal himself to me I did presently, like Abraham, run to Hagar. And after that he did let me see the atheism of my own heart, for which I begged of the Lord that it might not remain in my heart.”
“Voters are hungry for principled, conservative fighters - because the threat to our liberties from Washington never has been greater.”

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