The Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea are made of the same water. It flows down, clean and cool, from the heights of Herman and the roots of the cedars of Lebanon. the Sea of Galilee makes beauty of it, the Sea of Galilee has an outlet. It gets to give. It gathers in its riches that it may pour them out again to fertilize the Jordan plain. But the Dead Sea with the same water makes horror. For the Dead Sea has no outlet. It gets to keep.
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The fact that astronomies change while the stars abide is a true analogy of every realm of human life and thought, religion not least of all. No existent theology can be a final formulation of spiritual truth.
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Hating people is like burning down your house to get rid of a rat.
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No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.
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Bitterness imprisons life love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life love empowers it. Bitterness sours life love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life love heals it. Bitterness blinds life love anoints its eyes.
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God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things done.
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Life is a library owned by an author. It has a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.
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No steam or gas drives anything until it is confined. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.
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A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.
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Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.
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The steady discipline of intimate friendship with Jesus results in men becoming like Him.
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I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
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He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determine the end.
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He who chooses the beginning of the road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that determines the end.
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Don't simply retire from something have something to retire to.
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Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.
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Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.
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