"My childhood had gone by without my knowing, and it seemed as if my heart had frozen."

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Source : Ishmael Beah (2007). “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier”, p.126, Macmillan

Ishmael Beah

#Heart Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Childhood Quotes

“I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world war if the nations of the world do not concert the method by which to prevent it.”
“Faith is taking God seriously.”

Source : Derek Prince (2007). “Bought with Blood: The Divine Exchange at the Cross”, p.201, Chosen Books
“Never, however, do I take shortcuts. There is not path of least resistance in my training. What I do equates to hard manual labor, disciplined grunt work. Once you permit yourself to compromise, you fail yourself. You might be able to fool some people, but you can never fool yourself. Your toughest critic is the one you face every morning in the mirror.”

Source : Dean Karnazes (2012). “Run!: 26.2 Stories of Blisters and Bliss”, p.98, Rodale
“Character is more than a man-to-his-God humility, for it involves transparency and accountability to others, not merely a private quest for purity.”
“There seems to be an assumption that if you're offended by movie brutality, you are somehow playing into the hands of the people who want censorship. But this would deny those of us who don't believe in censorship the use of the only counter-balance: the freedom of the press to say that there's anything conceivably damaging in these films - the freedom to analyze their implications. ... How can people go on talking about the dazzling brilliance of movies and not notice that the directors are sucking up to the thugs in the audience?”
“Christianity doesnâ€™t deny the reality of suffering and evilâ€¦ Our hopeâ€¦ is not based on the idea that we are going to be free of pain and suffering. Rather, it is based on the conviction that we will triumph over suffering.”
“The saints had no hatred, no bitterness; they forgive everything and think they deserve much more for their offenses against God.”
“Even with politics, stuff comes around again. Woody Guthrie would recognize America today.”

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