"No Vermont town ever let anybody in it starve."

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Source : Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1971). “Four-square”, Ayer Company Pub

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

#Vermont Quotes #Towns Quotes

“In the inheritance, I seek to dramatically distinguish between genuine, authentic Christianity on the one hand, and counterfeit, alternative spirituality on the other hand. One of my primary purposes is to demonstrate that there are two kingdoms operating in the earth today, the genuine, superior kingdom of Jesus Christ, which reigns supreme, and the counterfeit, occult kingdom of the enemy, which, through extreme subtlety, has led millions of deluded souls astray.”
“It was easy enough to kill yourself in a fit of despair. It was easy enough to play the martyr. It was harder to do nothing. To endure your life. To wait.”
“Prayer is a walk with God....We can minister to the Lord as a group but I'll tell you one thing about it, you'll never have that intimacy of ministering to the Lord and worshiping Him with a group that you'll have in your own individual life.”
“The fool who has not sense to discriminate between what is good and what is bad is well nigh as dangerous as the man who does discriminate and yet chooses the bad.”
“It's a very common belief [among Mormons] that the Constitution will hang by a thread and the Church will save it.”
“Without free speech no search for truth is possible... no discovery of truth is useful.”
“I encourage everyone out there to get involved.”
“Judges can receive gifts as long as they report them.”

Source : Source: www.newyorker.com

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