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“Scottish writer George MacDonald once said, “No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow’s burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear. Never load yourself so.”
― With God on the Golf Course
― With God on the Golf Course
“I was thinking that if what distinguishes us as humans is our stupidity, what may redeem us is our grace.”
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“No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake....”
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“You’ve got to empathize, not sympathize. Take that loose thread. Start to pull. Let the whole thing unravel. Let’s start making something stronger. More beautiful.”
― Welcome Homeless: One Man's Journey of Discovering the Meaning of Home
― Welcome Homeless: One Man's Journey of Discovering the Meaning of Home
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