"We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy."

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Source : Joseph Hall, Josiah Pratt (1808). “The Works: Now First Collected : with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings. Devotional works”, p.65

Joseph Hall

#Wise Quotes #Wish Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“We were told that they wished merely to pass through our country. . . to seek for gold in the far west . . . Yet before the ashes of the council are cold, the Great Father is building his forts among us. . . . His presence here is . . . an insult to the spirits of our ancestors. Are we then to give up their sacred graves to be allowed for corn?”
“Being nominated is the win. For me, being nominated is winning. It's just unbelievable.”
“Moderate labor of the body conduces to the preservation of health, and cares many initial diseases.”
“Thirty-five is half a life. I can't lose the other half. I've lost so much living as a shadow of a person.”
“The camera's perspective exactly matches that of the assassin: it now shoots the tourists shooting their own memorial photos, and we can watch this in real time.”
“Why do we bombard God with our prayers for what we lack to be provided? Perhaps we should be asking God not to supply our wants, but to dwell within them.”

Source : Margaret Silf (2010). “Compass Points”, p.140, Loyola Press
“I have found little 'good' about human beings. In my experience, most of them are trash...”
“I have to take what I say and make it heavy, so every single bar means something. And there's no riddles in my rhymes. Every single word means something.”

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