“No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure it patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable, more worthy to be called the children of God . . . and it is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire and which will make us more like our Father and Mother in heaven.”
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“These days. Most of us have the attention span of a meth-addicted squirrel.”
― Rise of the Machines--Human Authors in a Digital World
― Rise of the Machines--Human Authors in a Digital World
“Denial may be neither a matter of telling the truth nor intentionally telling a lie. There seem to be states of mind, or even whole cultures, in which we know and don't know at the same time.”
― States of Denial: Knowing about Atrocities and Suffering
― States of Denial: Knowing about Atrocities and Suffering
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