A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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The way to plan the family is natural family planning not contraception. In destroying the power of giving life, through contraception, a husband or wife is doing something to self, and so it destroys the gift of life in him or her ~Mother Teresa
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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The nearer I come to the end of my days, the more I am enabled to see that strange thing, a life, and to see it whole. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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