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"You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean."
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"Today's tears sweep the road to tomorrow's blessings."

"The worst of me is the raw material from which God molds the best of me."

"None of us can undo what we've done, or relive a life already recorded. But, ... there is no such thing as "too late" in life."

"A tree does not despair when a few of its leaves fall off because there is more room for greener ones to take their place."

"You have to work on it. You have to meditate on God's Word, which itself will change you and transform you into the image and character of God."

"Harsh winters precede pleasant springs."

"And the day inevitably comes when the scrapbook of summer, smeared with ice cream slurps and sweat stains, gives way to that new clean white notebook, spine unbroken, begging to be smudged with the enthusiasm of a number two pencil and a mind open to the possibilities."

"It's a new day. Yesterday's failure is redeemed at the sunrise."
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"Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious."


"If you really want to learn, do not be surprised if someone tries to teach you. And do not lightly reject the method."


"Sufism is experiential. Capacities, even those for learning beyond a certain point, are provoked by Sufis, by one's own efforts and what results from them, and by an element of what is referred to by Sufis as the Divine."


"Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right effort, right time, right people, right materials."
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