"Africa can stun you in an instant. It can throw floods and drought and disease at you, sometimes all at the same time. In the next moment, it will tease you with its magnificent beauty, so even if you don't forget, you can find a way to forgive. Ultimately, it keeps you coming back for more."

-- Jacqueline Novogratz

#Forgiving Quotes #Disease Quotes #Way Quotes

“For me the question that you have to ask, about any magazine, is whether it's needed, whether it's publishing things that no one else could publish, or publish equally well. So there's that.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The mind that too frequently forgives bad actions will at last forget good ones.”
“If we function according to our ability alone, we get the glory; if we function according to the power of the Spirit within us, God gets the glory.”
“It's also obsessiveness. I'll spend a lot of time working on a single sentence, debating over a dash or a colon, etc. I want things to be perfect. I know nothing will ever be as perfect as I want it, and this is very sad, but sometimes I can get close.”
“In November, 1964 when I was a patient at the Mayo Clinic I though seriously about killing myself.”
“I read a lot of comic books and any kind of thing I could find. One day, a teacher found me. She grabbed my comic book and tore it up. I was really upset, but then she brought in a pile of books from her own library. That was the best thing that ever happened to me.”
“The loving care of Mother Earth is in many quarters replacing the former sense of obedience to the Heavenly Father.”

Source : Lloyd Geering (2015). “The World to Come: From Christian Past to Global Future”, p.130, Bridget Williams Books
“It doesn't make any difference if you are in favor of capital punishment or if you are opposed to capital punishment. The fact of the matter is that as a viable penalty, capital punishment does not work at this time and has not worked in the State of Florida for many, many years.”

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