"You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart."

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Source : "Is There a Santa Claus" (editorial), Sun (N.Y.), 21 Sept. 1897

Francis Pharcellus Church

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“It's been harder for me for sure being Muslim American, it's been harder for me for sure being the first Muslim ever elected anything here in Virginia, but it's actually made me into a much better person. So, the neat thing is while it's more difficult for people like me maybe to get elected in certain parts of our country, we prove that it's possible. And, that's something to be commended here in our country, that people from all walks of life can be involved and that's not the case even in some developed countries.”
“I see only my objective - the obstacles must give way.”
“I sometimes get asked if I think about film stuff while I'm writing fiction, and the answer is, of course not.”
“Every positive thing in your life represents a single unique blessing. Every negative thing in your life has the opportunity to become a double blessing. For when you turn a negative into a positive, you gain twice. You are no longer burdened with the negative situation, and in addition to that you are strengthened by a new positive force.”
“If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.”
“The only preventative measure one can take is to live irregularly.”
“Everyone who has any talent at all in sketching, painting, sculpturing or carving, should have the opportunity to use that talent. The expression is important for the person, and can tremendously enrich the lives of other people. What can you do?”

Source : Edith Schaeffer (1972). “Hidden art”
“Travel is wonderful. Everyone thinks it's wonderful.”

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