The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions.
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And man’s destruction of his own environment, is to exemplify in your own lives man’s humanity to man and man’s reverence for the place in which he lives.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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Money is to make happy the lives of children. Money is for security, and for dreams, and for hopes, and for purposes.
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It was not his habit to dwell on what could have been, but what could never be.
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I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
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Building on the mistakes of the past and the energy generated by reconciliation to create a new future.
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Sadness and fear and hate, how they well up in the heart and mind, whenever one opens pages of these messengers of doom.
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Sorrow is better than fear. Fear is a journey, a terrible journey. But, sorrow is at least an arriving.
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I am a weak and sinful man, but God put His hands on me, that is all.
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Money is for buying the fruits of the earth, of the land where you were born.
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When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it.
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Pain and suffering, they are a secret. Kindness and love, they are a secret.
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because life slips away, and because I need for the rest of my journey a star that will not play false to me, a compass that will not lie.
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Keep it, guard it, care for it, for it keeps men, guards men, cares for men. Destroy it and man is destroyed.
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