"My whole strength lies in prayer and sacrifice, these are my invincible arms; they can move hearts far better than words, I know it by experience."

-- Therese of Lisieux

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“Money follows mission, not the reverse. This is a shorthand way of saying that the stronger the congregation's relational characteristics, the easier it is to raise money. The stronger the congregation's mission, visitation, groupings, leadership, and decision making, the stronger the giving.”
“Words are like spices. Too many is worse than too few.”

Source : Joan Aiken (2015). “The Last Slice of Rainbow: And Other Stories”, p.114, Open Road Media
“The various features and aspects of human life, such as longevity, good health, success, happiness, and so forth, which we consider desirable, are all dependent on kindness and a good heart.”
“What the church should be telling the worker is that the first demand religion makes on him is that he should be a good workman. If he is a carpenter he should be a competent carpenter. Church by all means on Sundays-but what is the use of church if at the very center of life a man defrauds his neighbor and insults God by poor craftsmanship.”
“There is no such thing as a publishable first draft.”
“It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be.”
“Translation is not appropriation, as is sometimes claimed; it is a form of listening that then changes how you speak.”

Source : Eliot Weinberger (2000). “Anonymous Sources: A Talk on Translators and Translation : Lecture”
“I woke up this morning,â€ Gabriel said, â€œthinking of nothing more than rolling over and pulling you into my arms and kissing you again. Kissing: only kissing. As if I were a green boy of fourteen. In case you donâ€™t realize it, Kate, kissing is not a manâ€™s usual inclination in the morning.”

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