"The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"War is only one facet of the larger problem of evil which has been with the human race since the beginning . . .This same evil tried to destroy the greatest human being who ever lived, nailing Him to a cross."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"Heaven is a wonderful place and the benefits for the believer are out of this world!"

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"God does not want an apartment in our house. He claims our entire home from attic to cellar."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"Thought, if I may put it, is the man behind the possession, appearance, things we like, things we hate and the very epitome of life."

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

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"We should not covet or expect the praise of ungodly men . . . the very fact that they are inclined to persecute us is proof that we are “not of the world."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really..."Do the stars gaze back?" Now, that's a question."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Philosophy, Wonder, Existence, Stars, Curiosity

"Heavenly rest will be so refreshing that we will never feel that exhaustion of mind and body we so frequently experience now. I'm really looking forward to that."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"It is what it is because you let it be so."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

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"I am the creation of love.I am the source of love.I am the beginning of love.I like to vanish in love."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"I believe there is an obedience to the Gospel, there is a self-denial and a bearing of the cross, if you are to be a follower of Christ. Being a Christian is a serious business."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them."

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"We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears."

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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."

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"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."

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"Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another."

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"The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech."

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"What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one."

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"War is only one facet of the larger problem of evil which has been with the human race since the beginning . . .This same evil tried to destroy the greatest human being who ever lived, nailing Him to a cross."

"Heaven is a wonderful place and the benefits for the believer are out of this world!"

"God does not want an apartment in our house. He claims our entire home from attic to cellar."

"Thought, if I may put it, is the man behind the possession, appearance, things we like, things we hate and the very epitome of life."

"We should not covet or expect the praise of ungodly men . . . the very fact that they are inclined to persecute us is proof that we are “not of the world."

"A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really..."Do the stars gaze back?" Now, that's a question."

"Heavenly rest will be so refreshing that we will never feel that exhaustion of mind and body we so frequently experience now. I'm really looking forward to that."

"It is what it is because you let it be so."

"I am the creation of love.I am the source of love.I am the beginning of love.I like to vanish in love."

"I believe there is an obedience to the Gospel, there is a self-denial and a bearing of the cross, if you are to be a follower of Christ. Being a Christian is a serious business."

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"Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them."

"We promise in proportion to our hopes, and we deliver in proportion to our fears."

"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."

"There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness."

"Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another."

"The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech."

"What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one."

"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."

"We pardon to the extent that we love."

"There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do."