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“We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father's love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.”
― Pope John Paul II

“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”
― Winston S. Churchill

“Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”
― Winston S. Churchill, The Gathering Storm

“Be kind to your sleeping heart.
Take it out in the vast field of light
And let it breathe.”
― Hafez

“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

“Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.”
― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

“If God does not exist everything is permitted.”
― Fydor Dostoevsky

“Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.”
― G. K. Chesterton

“What conceivable reason could one have for seeking after righteousness in a world which so hated righteousness?”
― Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here