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"But suppose it was truth double strong, it were no truth to me if I couldna take it in. I daresay there's truth in yon Latin book on your shelves; but it's gibberish and no truth to me, unless I know the meaning o' the words."
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"If you are unable to reach a person you must know that this happens not because that the roads are closed but because you don't know the true paths to reach that person!"
"Say, you teach a five year old child a few verses from the Bible. And after memorizing them, he will become a part scholar in Christian theology. But that won't make him realize what Jesus actually meant when he said 'love thy neighbor'."
"Most people do not understand the process of achieving and fulfilling a dream."
"It is called understanding when one accepts other's talks of wisdom; but, where is the wisdom filled talk in this era?"
"My brother taught me that there is a difference between being a hater and being ignorant. Being a hater implies you understand the principle in question, while being ignorant implies that you do not understand the principle in question, and therefore, have no right to critique."
"True understanding involves sincere honesty and holistic, deep listening without the political corruption of evil power players."
"You may not appreciate the value of a key until you encounter the door it locks or unlocks."
"My concern is not the fact that other people don't understand where I am coming from, even though Christians are supposed to be doing what I am doing."
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"A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease."
"My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling."
"Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom."
"His laws once broken, His justice and the very nature of those laws bring the immutable retribution; but if we turn penitently to Him, He enables us to bear our punishment with a meek and docile heart, 'for His mercy endureth forever."
"Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used--not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless."
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