"Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity."
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"I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right."
"Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise."
"One is very crazy when in love."
"No man is poor who has a Godly mother."
"Believers, look up - take courage. The angels are nearer than you think."
"A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol."
"Always go to the bathroom when you have a chance."
"When you sailors see the haven before you, though you were mightily troubled before you could see any land, yet when you come near the shore and can see a certain land-mark, that contents you greatly. A godly man, in the midst of the waves and storms that he meets with, can see the glory of heaven before him and so contents himself. One drop of the sweetness of heaven is enough to take away all the sourness and bitterness of all the afflictions in the world."
"Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a partnership in the creation of the Universe that keeps them responsible and cheerful."
"God made yeast, as well as dough, and loves fermentation just as dearly as he loves vegetation."
"For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery that will rise up against him when he resists and strives against God."
"Built into human makeup is a longing for a 'more' that the world of everyday experience cannot requite."
"Let us with Caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion."
"You will not find one Godly man who came out of an affliction worse than when he went into it. Though for a little while he was shaken, yet, at last, he was better for an affliction. But, a great many Godly men have been worse for their prosperity."
"Life is the childhood of our immortality."
"I've learned how to be open and bold about my faith, but in terms of my influence, I just try to lead in a godly way. What that means for me is to serve them, whether it's just doing the dirty work, like cleaning up sweat on the floor, or deferring to other people, or carrying equipment bags."
"The secret behind every godly man and woman is their belief in the truth that they have been forgiven. ... Even when they say the wrong thing, do the wrong thing, or have a wrong thought, they continue to be forgiveness-conscious."
"They who prematurely put themselves forward to root out whatever is displeasing to them overthrow the judgment of God and rashly intrude upon the office of angels."
"We do have a Godly heritage in America, but we have been robbed - robbed by the 3 percent."