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Infantile people complain and say that God is cruel or that there is no God. Mature people, however, know that there is wisdom and sometimes an eternal kindness in God's refusals.

Norman Vincent Peale

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Norman Vincent Peale
Age: 95 †
Born: 1898
Born: May 31
Died: 1993
Died: December 24
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Psychologist
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