"He had long ago learned that society imposes insults that must be borne, comforted by the knowledge that in this world there comes a time when the most humble of men, if he keeps his eyes open, can take his revenge on the most powerful. It was this knowledge that prevented the Don from losing the humility all his friends admired in him."

-- Mario Puzo

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“I'm a huge advocate of prayer. I've been praying since I was fifteen years old and the doctor told me I was going to be a mother and I was like "what?" I started praying that day that God would help me do what I needed to do to be a good mother and to raise this baby boy that I was going to be blessed with. I haven't stopped praying in years.”
“When we have an understanding that the Lord is all powerful, then we know that we need to trust Him each and every day. This understanding allows us to lay our worries in the Lord's hands. In return, we can focus everything that we do into glorifying Jesus.”
“Years from now I'll look back and remember today as the day I met him. I'll look back and remember the exact moment my life began to include him. I will remember it forever.”
“Apology sends the clearest signal that we have the strength of character to reconcile ourselves with the truth.”

Source : John Kador (2009). “Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust”, p.3, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“The constellations this year seem unfavourable to rebels.”

Source : "The Life of Cesare Borgia". Book by Rafael Sabatini, chapter XV: Macchiavelli's Legation, 1911.
“It didn't matter how big our house was; it mattered that there was love in it.”

Source : Peter Buffett (2010). “Life Is What You Make It: Find Your Own Path to Fulfillment”, p.12, Crown Archetype
“I was at this time living, like so many Atheists or Antitheists, in a whirl of contradictions. I maintained that God did not exist. I was also very angry with God for not existing. I was equally angry with Him for creating a world.”
“I haven't had an orthodox career.”

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