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.
ALAN PATONBut to punish and not to restore, that is the greatest of all offences.
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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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Life has not taught me to expect nothing, but she has taught me not to expect success to be the inevitable result of my endeavors.
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The tragedy is that things are not mended again.
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Something deep is touched here, something that is good and deep.
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People hurry home past him, to places safe from danger.
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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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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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For our Lord suffered. And I come to believe that he suffered, not to save us from suffering, but to teach us how to bear suffering. For he knew that there is no life without suffering.
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One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue
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Forgive us all, for we all have trespasses.
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The ground is holy, being even as it came from the Creator.
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Such lightening and thunder will come there has never been seen before, bringing death and destruction.
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But when the house is destroyed, there is something to do. About a storm he can do nothing, but he can rebuild a house.
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For it is the dawn that has come, as it has come for a thousand centuries, never failing.
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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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