"He set fire to some potatoes, then cooked some undelivered post in the embers." - Dad "Did he now? What a strange fellow. I would have done it the other way around." - Stafford"

-- Jasper Fforde

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“And although I see few results, future missionaries will see conversions following every sermon. May they not forget the pioneers who worked in the thick gloom with few rays to cheer, except such as flow from faith in the precious promises of God's Word.”
“I liked fetching the washing from the Moscrops', and my mother liked washing for Mrs. Moscrop better than for anyone else. That was because Mrs. Moscrop wrapped a bar of yellow soap in with the washing. There wasn't anyone else who thought of a thing like that.”

Source : Howard Spring (2016). “My Son, My Son”, p.11, Head of Zeus
“How immense God is, that He is able to sweep into His purposes even foolish requests and bad motivations.”
“We were just a one-room bookstore; we didn't have any money for lawyers.”
“It's better to do nothing with your money than something you don't understand.”
“You should get to keep every dollar that you earn. That's your money. That's not the government's money.”
“My friends are me and in essence better than me, they help me be better even when they don't know it.”
“Cognitive therapy is based on the idea that when you change the way you think, you can change the way you feel and behave. In other words, if we can learn to think about other people in a more positive and realistic way, it will be far easier to resolve conflicts and develop rewarding personal and professional relationships.”

Source : "Feeling Good Together: The Secret to Making Troubled Relationships Work". Book by David D. Burns, 2008.

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