Quote #21
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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- Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
- Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
- Every word almost was a sentence; every sentence a victory.
- Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.
- This is said with more spirit than truth.
- You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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- You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.