"I am certain that I never did..." - Quote by Charles Spurgeon
I am certain that I never did grow in grace one-half so much anywhere as I have upon the bed of pain.
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“The way to do a great deal is to keep on doing a little. The way to do nothing at all is to be continually resolving that you will do everything.”
“You say, 'On the off chance that I had somewhat more, I ought to be exceptionally fulfilled.' You commit an error. On the off chance that you are not content with what you have, you would not be fulfilled in the event that it were multiplied.”
“We must all learn to hear what we do not like. The question is not, 'Is it pleasant?'but, 'Is it true?'”
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“He who sees things grow from the beginning will have the best view of them.”
“Of all knowledge the wise and good seek most to know themselves.”
“Marianne Dashwood was born to an extraordinary fate. She was born to discover the falsehood of her own opinions, and to counteract, by her conduct, her most favourite maxims.”
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“There is no mortal whom pain and disease do not reach.”
“But what if pleasure and pain should be so closely connected that he who wants the greatest possible amount of the one must also have the greatest possible amount of the other, that he who wants to experience the "heavenly high jubilation," must also be ready to be "sorrowful unto death"?”
“When I planted my pain in the field of patience it bore fruit of happiness.”