"You pray. And you allow the Lord to be your strength. Remember the Lord doesn't give you strength. He is your strength."

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Source : Lynn Austin (2016). “The Chronicles of the Kings Collection: Five Novels in One”, p.237, Baker Books

Lynn Austin

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“What President Bush did in his doctrine of preemptive strike and in his war in Afghanistan and in Iraq was to turn even his allies in Europe negatively toward America.”
“When people run a business and open their door to the public, they must serve the public. That doesn't mean they can't say whatever they want to say. It doesn't mean they can't believe whatever they want to believe. Those are protected also. But businesses must serve the public. And that's a principle that we fought for in this country over many, many decades, when some were invoking religious freedom as an excuse to deny people on the basis of their race, on the basis of their religion, on the basis of sex and on the basis now of sexual orientation. Let's not confuse one thing with the other.”
“Sejal had not thought of her home, or of India as a whole, as cool. She was dimly aware, however, of a white Westerner habit of wearing other cultures like T-shirtsâ€”the sticker bindis on club kids, sindoor in the hair of an unmarried pop star, Hindi characters inked carelessly on tight tank tops and pale flesh. She knew Americans liked to flash a little Indian or Japanese or African. They were always looking for a little pepper to put in their dish.”
“Stillness as a technique is still really captivating to me.”
“In many ways, that affection is the real reward for 56 years in the business. Although the money ain't exactly bad either.”
“No one can suffer for all time. No one will spend all his days on this earth in suffering. Every action brings its own result, and one gets one's opportunities accordingly.”

Source : Sarada Devi (1984). “The Gospel of the Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi”
“It is painful to talk about it, but even with its 110,000 elite soldiers, the Soviet Union never managed to gain control over the entire Afghan territory.”
“True worship, worship that is pleasing to God, radiates throughout a person's entire life.”

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