"If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone."

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Source : Anne Bronte (2016). “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Diversion Illustrated Classics)”, p.39, Diversion Books

Anne Bronte

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“Die, very good, but do not make others die. Suicides like the one which is about to take place here are sublime, but suicide is restricted, and does not allow of extension; and so soon as it affects your neighbors, suicide becomes murder.”
“Information is not knowledge.”
“First and foremost, God is the true hero of the story. No matter how captivating the other characters may be, our top priority is to discover what the Bible reveals about God.”

Source : Carolyn Custis James (2011). “The Gospel of Ruth: Loving God Enough to Break the Rules”, p.30, Harper Collins
“Maybe I shouldn't have had breakfast at Denny's.”
“After I had been studying with him for two years, Schoenberg said, â€˜In order to write music, you must have a feeling for harmony.â€™ Â I explained to him that I had no feeling for harmony. Â He then said that I would always encounter an obstacle, that it would be as though I came to a wall through which I could not pass. Â I said, â€˜In that case I will devote my life to beating my head against that wall.â€™”
“If Jesus is a teacher only, then all He can do is to tantalize us by erecting a standard we cannot come anywhere near. But if by being born again from above we know Him first as Savior, we know that He did not come to teach us only. He came to make us what He teaches we should be. The Sermon on the Mount is a statement of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is having His way with us.”
“Hard work always pays off, whatever you do.”
“I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.”

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