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I often find that people confuse inner peace with some sense of insensibility whenever something goes wrong. In such cases inner peace is a permit for destruction: The unyielding optimist will pretend that the forest is not burning either because he is too lazy or too afraid to go and put the fire out.
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Love is as simple as the absence of self- given to another. God, when invited, fills the void of any unrequited love hence loving is how one is drawn closer to God no matter its most horrific repercussions.
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It is never just disagreement but always intellectual dishonesty that is the apologist's worst enemy. And its apprentice is ignorance.
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I think there is a song out there to describe just about any situation.
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Whenever we want to combat our enemies, first and foremost we must start by understanding them rather than exaggerating their motives.
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Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.
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Everyone has a natural slant towards seeking themselves. This gets in the way of seeking God unless God intervenes.
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I think a lot of psychopaths are just geniuses who drove so fast that they lost control.
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The ultimate story of success: When a nobody, who has never once in his entire life known the feeling of being remembered or respected, suddenly snaps and becomes a world dictator. On one hand it sounds just, but on the other, it illustrates the reason why a prosperity message has and needs its limitations.
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Seemingly minor yet persistent things penetrate the mind over time making it difficult to ever realize the impact hence, though quite unfortunate, the most dangerous forms of corruption are those that are subtle and below the radar.
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Grudges are for those who insist that they are owed something forgiveness, however, is for those who are substantial enough to move on
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If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it.
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Love is one of those topics that plenty of people try to write about but not enough try to do.
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Armed neutrality makes it much easier to detect hypocrisy.
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The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people.
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Happiness is good, but well-overrated: what we hate most are the very motivators that put us in gear. A man drifts along with little to contribute until something agitates him enough to make a difference, whether for himself or for his communities.
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Easily mistaken, it is not about a love for adversity, it is about knowing a strength and a faith so great that adversity, in all its adverse manifestations, hardly even exists.
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Society tells me to follow my own truth, but I don't let society tell me what to do. If you need someone to tell you that, chances are you're part of the crowd that will move on to the next fashion that comes around.
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Let's not grow with our roots in the ground.
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