"...people mostly pray as if there were no God with them, or as if He did not heed their prayers. Let us ascribe to the Lord at least the same amount of attention that good parents show to the requests of their children, at least that provident and attentive love which good parents have for their children."

-- John of Kronstadt

#Prayer Quotes #Children Quotes #People Quotes

“Congress and state legislatures should not tell teachers how to teach, any more than they should tell surgeons how to perform operations.”
“Each person enters the world called.”
“Favourite stadium? I have good memories of my CL debut at Old Trafford, spectacular atmosphere. The Theatre of Dreams, as they say.”
“I'm not making any absurd comparisons between myself and Bach, but I aspire to that, that my music will have the legs to survive whatever context it finds itself in.”

Source : Interview with Joshua Klein, pitchfork.com. November 22, 2006.
“I thought, maybe the difference between white folks and colored is just this matter of reading and writing. I made up my mind I would know my letters.”
“Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.”
“New drugs and surgical techniques offer promise in the fight against cancer, Alzheimer's, tuberculosis, AIDS, and a host of other life-threatening diseases. Animal research has been, and continues to be, fundamental to advancements in medicine.”
“To know oneself, one should assert oneself.”

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