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“The next Post brought a reply from the starets, who wrote to him that the cause of all his trouble lay in his pride. His Wrathful Outburst, the starets explained, had come about because it was not for God that he had humbled himself, rejecting honours and advancement in the church - not for God, but to satisfy his own pride, to be able to tell himself how virtuous he was, seeking nothing for self. That was why he had not been able to endure the Superior's conduct. Because he felt that he had given up everything for God, and now he was being put on display, like some strange beast. "If it were for God you had given up advancement, you would have let it pass. worldly pride is still alive in you.”
Leo Tolstoy

“Never use abstract nouns when concrete ones will do. If you mean “More people died” don’t say “Mortality rose.”
C.S. Lewis

“If you judge people, you don't have time to love them.”
Mother Teresa

“I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.”
Oprah Winfrey

“A computer . . . has no worth unless it is programmed . . . The believer has tremendous potential, but that potential cannot be used until he is programmed with the Word of God.”
Billy Graham

“The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.”
Barack Obama

“Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.”
Napoleon Hill

“Democracy transformed from thin paper to thick action is the greatest form of government on earth.”
Martin Luther King Jr

“People say there are two great days in a person’s life: the day you were born and the day you discover why
John C. Maxwell

“Productive leaders communicate the superiority and the benefits of their ideas.”
John C. Maxwell

“How would we flood village and city with our information? The people must learn how well I govern them. How would they know if we didn't tell them?”
Frank Herbert

“If you want your life to be a magnificent story, then realize that you are its author. Every day you have the chance to write a new page in that story. I want to encourage you to fill those pages with responsibility to others and yourself. If you do, in the end you will not be disappointed.”
John C. Maxwell

“If you really want succeed in what you do, obey this rule;... Wake up very early, go to bed lately... Occupy your time usefully!”
Israelmore Ayivor

“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life."
Nelson Mandela

“The development from a religion of fear to moral religion is a great step in peoples' lives.”
Albert Einstein

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