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 The test for a prophet is in the Bible. It is this. "When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken."  We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something. Man becomes man only by the intelligence, but he is man only by the heart. It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees! No matter how big and tough a problem may be, get rid of confusion by taking one little step towards solution. Do something. Then try again. At the worst, so long as you don't do it the same way twice, you will eventually use up all the wrong ways of doing it and thus the next try will be the right one. For me, writing is the only thing that passes the three tests of metier: (1) when I'm doing it, I don't feel that I should be doing something else instead; (2.) it produces a sense of accomplishment and, once in a while, pride; and (3) it's frightening. A gourmet is just a glutton with brains. A man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry. - Bible It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried and succeeded. Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave-and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way. What is a Communist? One who hath yearnings For equal division of unequal earnings, Idler or bungler, or both, he is willing, To fork out his copper and pocket your shilling. The spirits of just men made perfect. - Hebrews A willing heart adds feather to the heel. Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together. Before you begin a thing remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. ... You can only see one thing clearly, and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin. The reward of a general is not a bigger tent - but command. Illustrations have as much to say as the text. The trick is to say the same thing, but in a different way. It's no good being an illustrator who is saying a lot that is on his or her mind, if it has nothing to do with the text. . . the artist must override the story, but he must also override his own ego for the sake of the story. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Moments of kindness and reconciliation are worth having, even if the parting has to come sooner or later. 
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