To speak of God, to think of God, is in every respect to show what one is made of. I have always wagered against God and I regard the little that I have won in this world as simply the outcome of this bet. However paltry may have been the stake (my life) I am conscious of having won to the full. Everything that is doddering, squint-eyed, vile, polluted and grotesque is summoned up for me in that one word: God!
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Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.
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The wolf was sick, he vowed a monk to be: But when he got well, a wolf once more was he.
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To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.
To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.
The Lord has turned all our sunsets into sunrise.
The Lord has turned all our sunsets into sunrise.
