"What we give to the poor, we lend to the Lord."

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Source : Sojourner Truth (1998). “Narrative of Sojourner Truth”, p.88, Penguin

Sojourner Truth

#Giving Quotes #Lord Quotes #Poor Quotes

“It would be pathological narcissism to assume that that person had to live how I live.”
“That night, I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me, a Child of Faith. Then she came to me holding two crowns, one white, the other red. She asked me if I was willing to accept either of these crowns. The white one meant that I should persevere in purity, and the red that I should become a martyr. I said that I would accept them both.”
“Our planet is falling victim to a rigorism, so that what is done in any remote corner affects - nay, menaces - the whole. Resiliency and tolerance are lost.”
“It doesn't feel good when you have to struggle to get your pants on.”
“Ladies and Gentlemen...we are floating in Space!”
“When Rose takes to screaming, she starts loud, continues loud, and ends loud. Rose has a very good ear and always screams on the same note. I'd tested her before I burnt the library, and our piano along with it. Rose screams on the note B flat. We don't need a piano anymore now that we have a human tuning fork.”

Source : Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.39, A&C Black
“You know all my life I've hated funerals. The fuss and bother never brings anybody back. It just spoils remembering them as they really are. And when I see people actually facing it that way, I have to act like a sap.”
“Prayer is an end to isolation. It is living our daily life with someone; with him who alone can deliver us from solitude.”

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