Additional wisdom

Here are some more wise tidbits from my commonplace book:

Children sing the song which they hear from their mother and father. Old African proverb
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Deliver us from evil by the blessing
which Christ brings
and teach us to be
merry with clear hearts. (I love this line!)
Robert L. Stevenson
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Jim to Huck Finn in Big River:
Life is considerable trouble and considerable joy.
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Some people have rain; others have monsoons.
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It's a good thing to have the props pulled out from under us once in a while. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet and what is sand. Madeleine L'Engle
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Don't doubt in the darkness what God has shown you in the light.
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Cliff Notes are like reading the recipe and not tasting the dish.
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Unfortunately you won't find God's gift to women in a singles' bar. George Martin
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Jesus died to take away your sins, not your mind. George Martin
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There is only one problem with religions that have all the answers--they don't allow questions.
George Martin, Episcopal priest in Minnesota
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"He missed happiness by seconds" Graham Greene The Power and the Glory
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Neglected kids of church workers: apostolic orphans Harold Hazelip
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Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. Malcolm Forbes
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At a dinner honoring American Nobel Prize winners, their first official recognition by the government (President Kennedy) announced, "This is the most extraordinary collection of talent.... that has ever gathered together at the White House with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Theodore Sorensen in Kennedy
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I love all these!!!