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Short attributable quotes from authors, theologians, historians, and public figures. Each entry carries an attribution and optional source field.

By Rabindranath Tagor

“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.” ——Rabindranath Tagore “Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.” ——Rabindranath Tagore “Only in love are unity and duality not in…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: May 24, 2012
Reading Time: 5 Minutes 

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On Prayer and Intercession (Part 3)

“…the man on his knees has a leverage underneath the mountain which can cast it into the sea, if necessary, and can force all earth and heaven to recognize the power there is in ‘His name.'” ——M. E. Andross “When…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Apr 18, 2012
Reading Time: 10 Minutes 

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On Prayer and Intercession (Part 2)

“He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.” ——William Law “Prayer is not overcoming God’s reluctance, but laying hold of His willingness.” ——Martin Luther “Prayer breaks all bars, dissolves all chains,…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Apr 18, 2012
Reading Time: 10 Minutes 

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On Prayer and Intercession (Part 1)

“Some people pray just to pray and some people pray to know God.” ——Andrew Murray “There is a mighty lot of difference between saying prayers and praying.” ——John G. Lake “You may pray for an hour and still not pray.…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Apr 18, 2012
Reading Time: 16 Minutes 

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By John R. Wooden

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” ——John R. Wooden “Be prepared and be honest.” ——John R. Wooden “Consider the…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Jan 20, 2012
Reading Time: 7 Minutes 

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On the Holy Spirit

“If you love me, show it by doing what I’ve told you. I will talk to the Father, and he’ll provide you another Friend so that you will always have someone with you. This Friend is the Spirit of Truth.…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Jan 13, 2012
Reading Time: 2 Minutes 

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On Love, True Love (Part 5)

“Love sacrifices itself for others.” ——Gary Amirault “Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?” ——Confucius “Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed;…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Nov 28, 2011
Reading Time: 9 Minutes 

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On Love, True Love (Part 4)

“Love is the vital essence that pervades and permeates, from the center to the circumference, the graduating circles of all thought and action. Love is the talisman of human weal and woe–the open sesame to every soul.” ——Elizabeth Cady Stanton…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Nov 27, 2011
Reading Time: 17 Minutes 

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On Love, True Love (Part 3)

“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” ——Antoine de Saint-Exupery “Love is a fabric which never fades, no matter how often it is washed in the water of…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Nov 26, 2011
Reading Time: 12 Minutes 

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On Love, True Love (Part 2)

“If you have love, you don’t need to have anything else, and if you don’t have it, it doesn’t matter much what else you have.” ——Sir James M. Barrie “In this is love, not that we loved God but that…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Nov 25, 2011
Reading Time: 12 Minutes 

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On Love, True Love (Part 1)

“Live Love, not War.” ——Author Unknown “Loved people… love peopleHurt people… hurt peopleLoved people must love Hurt people.” ——Author Unknown “People were created to be lovedThings were created to be usedThe reason why the world is in chaosIs because things…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Nov 24, 2011
Reading Time: 13 Minutes 

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On Law and Grace

“I think the real freedom is not to choose between good and evil but to do the good” ——Jurgen Moltmann “Christianity seems at first to be all about morality, all about duties and rules and guilt and virtue, yet it…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Sep 27, 2011
Reading Time: 1 Minutes 

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About Journalism, Journalists, Writing, and Editors

“It’s the job of journalists to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted.” ——Author Unknown “The American mass media have achieved what American political might could not: World domination.” ——Akbar S. Ahmed “Freedom of the press in Britain is freedom…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Jun 28, 2011
Reading Time: 14 Minutes 

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On Financial, Banking, and Economics (Part 2)

“There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need — but not for man’s greed.” ——Mahatma Ghandi “People are [expletive deleted] about this financial crisis, and about this bailout, but they’re not [expletive deleted] enough. The reality is that…

Author: Compiled by: Gary Amirault  //  Published: Jul 7, 2010
Reading Time: 11 Minutes 

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