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...when we condescend, when we act consistently with a sense of the character of people in general which demeans them, we impoverish them AND ourselve...more

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Theologians talk about a prevenient grace that precedes grace itself and allows us to accept it. I think there must also be a prevenient courage that ...more

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It has seemed to me sometimes as though the Lord breathes on this poor gray ember of Creation and it turns to radiance - for a moment or a year or the...more

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I'll pray that you grow up a brave man in a brave country. I will pray you find a way to be useful.I'll pray, and then I'll sleep.

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It is worth living long enough to outlast whatever sense of grievance you may acquire.

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How I wish you could have known me in my strength.

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There is more beauty than our eyes can bear, precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm.