"Forgiveness is God's invention for coming to terms with a world in which people are unfair to each other and hurt each other deeply. He began by forgiving us. And He invites us all to forgive each other."

-- Lewis B. Smedes

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“Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.”

Source : Helen Keller (2009). “The Story of My Life: With Her Letters and a Supplementary Account of Her Education”, p.544, The Floating Press
“My philosophy on life is that we're here to love and to learn. And I've learned a lot, so I can't say "I wish this didn't happen or I didn't make that movie." And I take responsibility for being open [about relationships] in the past. I have to, and now I'm doing what I can to make it different.”
“Truth and Truthfulness is an ambitious work, and its journeys into history give it a breadth unusual in these days of increased academic specialization. . . . William's book combines real history and fictional constructs to tell a revealing story that makes us reconsider the meaning of familiar concepts.”
“An object dies when the gaze that lights on it has disappeared.”
“Generally speaking, the more money that's involved in anything, the more people are expecting and hoping that it's not going to fail.”
“The German army is a machine, and machines can be broken!”

Source : "Current Biography" by H.W. Wilson Company, (p. 562), 1945.
“We are the buffoons of our children.”
“You have major labels that are willing to take unconventional approaches because the old model is crumbling in front of us.”

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