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 If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, try for eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and so on. Eventually, one discovers that it is not boring, but very interesting.  On the day of his death, in his eightieth year, Elliot, 'the Apostle of the Indians,' was found teaching an Indian child at his bedside. 'Why not to rest from your labours now?' asked a friend. 'Because,' replied the venerable man, 'I have prayed God to render me useful in my sphere, and he has heard my prayers; for now that I can no longer preach, he leaves me strength enough to teach this poor child the alphabet.' In Gethsemane the holiest of all petitioners prayed three times that a certain cup might pass from Him. It did not. After that the idea that prayer is recommended to us as a sort of infallible gimmick may be dismissed. If I had read as much as other men, I should have known no more than they. There are times I think I am not sure of something which I absolutely know. The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization. God speaks to all individuals through what happens to them moment by moment. No power is strong enough to be lasting if it labors under the weight of fear. - Cicero I'm so happy to be rich, I'm willing to take all the consequences. If the only prayer you say in your whole life is "Thank you," that would suffice. The desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. - Bible I've been riding the carousel in Central Park since I was five years old . . . If I'm very depressed or if something's bothering me today, my husband, Larry, and I go back to the park. We get on the carousel horse and we start riding, and I start singing at the top of my lungs. It is pure and absolute joy and happiness. If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be. Mistakes fail in their mission of helping the person who blames them on the other fellow. You can beat the Bear once, but never the same way twice. Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. Generosity is the vanity of giving. Our praying, to be strong, must be buttressed by holy living. The life of faith perfects the prayer of faith. To succeed is nothing-it's an accident. But to feel no doubts about oneself is something very different: it is character. Gossip needs no carriage. 
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