"Providence has given the United States the duty of extending Christian civilization. We come as ministering angels, not despots."

-- Knute Nelson

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“If you look at a group of people that had faith, it's got to be the Jews. They followed Moses through the desert for 40 years with no map. There had to be one guy in the back, like, 'I don't think he knows where he's going.'”
“...Pets are found to suffer from all the ailments known to the human...”
“If something you want is slow to come to you, it can be for only one reason: You are spending more time focused upon its absence than you are about its presence. If”
“I think everyone should sell other people's stuff and their own stuff. I think everyone, almost everyone should mix those two business models.”
“Not everything that counts can be counted. You can count sales. You can count fans and followers. You can count pins and tweets. But you can't count passion. You can't count commitment. You can't count engagement. You can't count relationships.”
“It's no accident that most of the great black spokespersons and leaders understood the centrality of self-affirmation, self-respect and self-love.”
“Doctors always think anybody doing something they aren't is a quack; also they think all patients are idiots.”
“When we say 'hallowed be Your name' to God what we are really saying is 'Father, make us such as deserve knowledge and understanding of how holy You are, or at least let Your holiness shine forth in the spiritual lives we lead.' And this surely happens as men see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven.”

Source : John Cassian, Colm Luibhéid (1985). “Conferences”, p.113, Paulist Press

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