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He who has learned how to laugh at himself shall never cease to be entertained.
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You can’t reinvent yourself for every movie.
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What is disgraceful and outrageous is that 18,000 children die of hunger every day, every one of them a preventable death. That’s what the controversy should be about.
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We cannot “psychologize” the grace of God. God’s actions are outside and above our human sciences.
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There is no such thing as a peace of soul approach to religion. It makes of God a gigantic Bayer Aspirin; take God three times a day and you won’t feel any pain.
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There’s the whole myth about rocket science. It’s really not that hard. It’s not brain surgery.
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I have to be honest in asking myself: Do I really want to know and do God’s will? Or is it rather that I want God to do my will? Do I go to God with the assurance that I want only to know and do his will? Or do I rather first make my own plans and then insist that God make my dreams come true?
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Our lives are shaped by those who love us.
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Each child is sent into this world by God with a “Unique Message” to deliver, a new personal act of love to bestow.
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What are the “ifs” and “buts” that limit my enjoyment of life?
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