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If our pain doesn't destroy us, it just might transform us into truly human beings at last.


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The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.



Your vocation in life is where your greatest joy meets the world's greatest need.

Your vocation in life is where your greatest joy meets the world's greatest need.



We find by losing. We hold fast by letting go. We become something new by ceasing to be something old.

We find by losing. We hold fast by letting go. We become something new by ceasing to be something old.



Pay attention to the things that bring a tear to your eye or a lump in your throat because they are signs that the holy is drawing near.

Pay attention to the things that bring a tear to your eye or a lump in your throat because they are signs that the holy is drawing near.



Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death.

Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death.



In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.

In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.



The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt.

The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt.



Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.

Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.



The world says, The more you take, the more you have. Christ says, the more you give, the more you are.

The world says, The more you take, the more you have. Christ says, the more you give, the more you are.



The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you.

The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because the party wouldn't have been complete without you.





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Christ Jesus sacrifice is life to save mankind.

Christ Jesus sacrifice is life to save mankind.



Living and dying are, in a sense, of equal value.

Living and dying are, in a sense, of equal value.




Now call your old lady and tell her to come out here. Go ahead and don't try no funny stuff.

Now call your old lady and tell her to come out here. Go ahead and don't try no funny stuff.



We live forever by the grace of human love, which rocked strange children in their cradles and did not despair and did not turn away.

We live forever by the grace of human love, which rocked strange children in their cradles and did not despair and did not turn away.



Paul Ryan, was saying [on election 2016 "I don't see any evidence of systemic fraud."

Paul Ryan, was saying [on election 2016 "I don't see any evidence of systemic fraud."



The faster we go, the slower we need to be.

The faster we go, the slower we need to be.



I would like to employ more people but I don't want to empower my charities at the cost of exploiting people or doing things that are not useful, so I'm working on that.

I would like to employ more people but I don't want to empower my charities at the cost of exploiting people or doing things that are not useful, so I'm working on that.



I'm not sure what the hell charisma is, but I get the feeling it's Willie Mays.

I'm not sure what the hell charisma is, but I get the feeling it's Willie Mays.



The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.

The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists.




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