As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints. ~Charles Caleb
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In Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world, we have 1,100 gangs and 120,000 gang members so it is a daunting, complex social dilemma. ~Greg Boyle
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She really mellowed me out that way. We both definitely grew with each other and with the whole experience. ~Brian Austin Green
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican 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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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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Every place is safe to him who lives with justice. ~Epictetus
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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There is one art, no more, no less; to do all things with artlessness. ~Piet Pieterszoon Hein
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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God will never reject you. Whether you accept Him is your decision. ~Charles Stanley
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Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. ~Nhat Hanh
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