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“God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerous prayer you can pray is this: 'Use me.'”
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“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”
Source : Speech at Civil Rights March,Washington, D.C., 28 Aug. 1963
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“You can only apprehend the Infinite by a faculty that is superior to reason.”
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“Change from below, the formulation of demands from the populace to end unacceptable injustice, supported by direct action, has played a far larger part in shaping British democracy than most constitutional lawyers, political commentators, historians or statesmen have ever cared to admit. Direct action in a democratic society is fundamentally an educational exercise.”
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“Anything, and I mean anything, becomes a blessing if it drives us to prayer.”
Source : Twitter post from Apr 12, 2012
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“Sometimes that whys aren't knowable, so you just have to ignore the whys, and just focus on what is and move on.”
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“When I was young, we couldn't afford much. But, my library card was my key to the world.”
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“It is one thing to have sin alarmed only by convictions, and another to have it crucified by converting grace. Many, because they have been troubled in conscience for their sins, think well of their case, miserably mistaking conviction for conversion.”
Source : Joseph Alleine (1824). “An Alarm to Unconverted Sinners”, p.97