"In our days of prosperity it is more difficult to sustain a religious spirit than in times of adversity, because we are apt to forget that God who has bountifully given may also take away."

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Source : Rachel Simon (1894). “Records and Reflections: Selected from Her Writings During Half a Century, April 3rd, 1840 to April 3rd, 1890”

Rachel Simon

#Religious Quotes #Women Quotes #Adversity Quotes

“People can smell the bullshit and see through the curtains. People know when something's real and when something isn't, and when some dude really means what he's saying or singing, or when he doesn't.”
“When I was younger, my feet would hurt a lot, but you build up calluses and strength and you don't feel as much pain there.”
“Everybody's after a new morning. What do we have to run up and salute tomorrow?”
“At the point when I wanted to become a designer, I didn't think about, 'Oh, but I'm a woman,' just like didn't think about like, well, 'I'm Chinese' or that 'I'm in Michigan.' You know, none of those things were obstacles to me. I just had this idea that this is what I had to do.”
“I try to watch only real things, which basically amounts to C-Span for me. I like real people in real situations. I learn from that.”
“Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.”
“It's amazing to me that young people will still pick up a cigarette.”
“In the process of helping some (perhaps most) people to more utility and justice, the state imposes on civil society a system of interdictions and commands.”

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