"... if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times to be glad and rejoice, He must want us to do itâ€”SOME."

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Source : Eleanor Porter (2003). “Pollyanna”, ePenguin

Eleanor Porter

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“There is no entity in the world that controls our lives more than the Federal Reserve System”
“It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you'd do something else.”
“Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world.”
“We have been given God in our souls and Christ in our flesh. We have the power to believe where others deny, to hope where others despair, to love where others hurt.”
“Design is the first signal of human intention.”
“Eventually, Aristotle appeared among the Greeks. He improved the methods of logic and systematized its problems and details. He assigned to logic its proper place as the first philosophical discipline and the introduction to philosophy. Therefore he is called the First Teacher.”

Source : "Muqaddimah" translated by Franz Rosenthal, Princeton University Press, 1981.
“It is a fact that each song an artist creates is unique and although fans tend to be loyal, ultimately the quality of the record will decide how it sells.”
“Saints are described as fearing the name of God; they are reverent worshippers; they stand in awe of the Lord's authority; they are afraid of offending Him; they feel their own nothingness in the sight of the Infinite One.”

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