"If the cruelties of slavery could not stop us, the opposition we now face will surely fail. Because the goal of America is freedom, abused and scorned tho' we may be, our destiny is tied up with America's destiny."

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

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“If I am happy in spite of my deprivations, if my happiness is so deep that it is a faith, so thoughtful that it becomes a philosophy of life. If, in short, I am an optimist, my testimony to the creed of optimism is worth hearing.”
“It's nice for us to have a fresh face in the camp to bounce things off.”
“Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will be no different.”
“Worship ought not to be construed in a utilitarian way. Its purpose is not to gain numbers nor for our church to be seen as successful. Rather, the entire reason for our worship is that God deserves it. (Worship) immerses us in the regal splendor of the King of the cosmosâ€¦provides opportunities for us to enjoy Godâ€™s presence in corporate ways that takes us out of time and into the eternal purposes of Godâ€™s kingdom. As a result, we shall be changedâ€”but not because of anything we do. God, on whom we are centered and to whom we submit, will transform us by his Revelation of himself.”
“There's a moment in every book when the book turns and it surprises me.”
“The worth of a wife is a man's good fortune;His jewels are his good children.”
“Nobody climbs on skis now and almost everybody breaks their legs but maybe it is easier in the end to break your legs than to break your heart although they say that everything breaks now and that sometimes, afterwards, many are stronger at the broken places.”
“I have problems with a religion which says that faith in itself is enough for a ticket to heaven. In other words, that the ideal is your ability to manipulate your own common sense to accept something your intellect rejects. It's the same model of intellectual submission that dictatorships have used throughout time, the concept of a higher reasoning without any obligation to discharge the burden of proof.”

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