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“Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.”
― Maimonides, The Guide for the Perplexed

“WHEN reading my present treatise, bear in mind that by "faith" we do not understand merely that which is uttered with the lips, but also that which is apprehended by the soul, the conviction that the object [of belief] is exactly as it is apprehended. If, as regards real or supposed truths, you content yourself with giving utterance to them in words, without apprehending them or believing in them, especially if you do not seek real truth, you have a very easy task as, in fact, you will find many ignorant people professing articles of faith without connecting any idea with them.”
― Maimonides, The Guide for the Perplexed

“The reason most of us do not see opportunities to serve is that we are continually thinking about ourselves instead of others.”
― Jerry Bridges, True Community: The Biblical Practice of Koinonia

“one of the chief characteristics of a servant is that he serves downward — that is, to those who by the world’s standards are beneath him in position or station in life.”
― Jerry Bridges, True Community: The Biblical Practice of Koinonia

“If we are to master the scriptural principles of true biblical community, we must master this one: True greatness in the kingdom of heaven involves serving one another. Jesus said, “Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant” (Matthew 20:26).”
― Jerry Bridges, True Community: The Biblical Practice of Koinonia

“Fellowship is much, much more than food and fun and even more than reading and studying the Scriptures with another believer. Fellowship at times may involve blood, sweat, and tears as we stand side by side with our persecuted brothers and sisters.”
― Jerry Bridges, True Community: The Biblical Practice of Koinonia

“It is relatively easy to serve those above us — even the world expects this — but Jesus served downward.”
― Jerry Bridges, True Community: The Biblical Practice of Koinonia

“Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.”
― Malcolm Muggeridge

“People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to
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― Malcolm Muggeridge

“All new news is old news happening to new people”
― Malcolm Muggeridge

“In the end, coming to faith remains for all a sense of homecoming, of picking up the threads of a lost life, of responding to a bell that had long been ringing, of taking a place at a table that had long been vacant.”
― Malcolm Muggeridge

“There is no such things as darkness, only a failure to see.”
― Malcolm Muggeridge

“Organized religion kills the living beauty of God.”
― Malcolm Muggeridge

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”
― Helen Keller

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much”
― Helen Keller

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”
― Helen Keller

“Be of good cheer. Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. You have set yourselves a difficult task, but you will succeed if you persevere; and you will find a joy in overcoming obstacles. Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost.”
― Helen Keller

“The most pathetic person in the world is some one who has sight but no vision.”
― Helen Keller

“Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.”
― Helen Keller

“I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.”
― Helen Keller

“A bend in the road is not the end of the road…Unless you fail to make the turn.”
― Helen Keller

“They are blind guides,' He says, 'of the blind. But if a blind man guide a blind man, both shall fall into a pit.' 4 Such a one is to be turned away from, and whoever has separated himself from the Church is to be shunned. Such a man is perverted and sins and is condemned by his very self. Does he seem to himself to be with Christ, who acts contrary to the priests of Christ, who separates himself from association with His clergy and His people? That man bears arms against the Church; he fights against God's plan. An enemy of the altar, a rebel against the sacrifice of Christ, for the faith faithless, for religion sacrilegious, a disobedient servant, an impious son, a hostile brother, despising the bishops and abandoning the priests of God, he dares to set up another altar, to compose another prayer with unauthorized words, to profane the truth of the Lord's offering by false sacrifices, and not to know that he who struggles against God's plan on account of his rash daring is punished by divine censure.”
― Cyprian

“Do you know whether or not you are in God's grace?
Joan: If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me.”
― Joan of Arc

“Act, and God will act.”
― Joan of Arc

“Courage! Do not fall back.”
― Joan of Arc

“I am not afraid... I was born to do this.”
― Joan of Arc

“One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.”
― Joan of Arc

“When God fights, it’s of small consequence whether the hand that holds the sword is big or little.”
― Joan of Arc

“If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.”
― Harriet Tubman

“If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.”
― Harriet Tubman