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John Climacus

"Do not be surprised if you fall every day and do not surrender. Stand your ground bravely and you may be sure that your guardian angel will respect your endurance. A fresh, warm wound is easier to heal than those that are old, neglected, and festering, and that need extensive treatment, surgery, bandaging and cauterization. Long neglect can render many of them incurable. However, all things are possible with God"

Source : Saint John (Climacus) (1982). “John Climacus (CWS)”, p.130, Paulist Press

John Climacus

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“Even from a listening end now, I'm still completely a fan of music.”
“People need self-respect, but self-respect must be earned - it cannot be self-respect if it's not earned - and the only way to earn anything is to achieve it in the face of the possibility of failing.”

Source : "Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010". Book by Charles A. Murray, 2012.
“Love the life you have while you create the life of your dreams. Don't think you have to wait for the latter to do the former.”
“We were taught never to give up, never to passively accept fate, but to exhaust every last ounce of will and hope in the face of any challenge.”
“The most effective weapon against crime is cooperation... The efforts of all law enforcement agencies with the support and understanding of the American people.”
“Democracy is disruptive. Around the world, peaceful protesters are being demonised for this, but there is no right in a democratic civil society to be free of disruption. Protesters ideally should read Gandhi and King and dedicate themselves to disciplined, long-term, non-violent disruption of business as usual - especially disruption of traffic.”
“The purpose of education is not to validate ignorance but to overcome it”

Source : "Donald Trump's War on Science". www.newyorker.com. December 13, 2016.
“Playboy magazine announced that they are going to support the troops by sending them emails from Playboy playmates. After hearing this the U.S. troops said 'Just our luck, we get emails from playmates, but we're embedded with Geraldo.'”

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