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To Fred Rogers, every child required special attention, because every child needed assurance that he or she was someone who mattered.
“And out of that hopeless attempt has come nearly all that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.”
― Mere Christianity
― Mere Christianity
“If we were to do the Second Coming of Christ in color for a full hour, there would be a considerable number of stations which would decline to carry it on the grounds that a Western or a quiz show would be more profitable.”
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“True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.”
― The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
― The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
“We are glad you have been ordained as the first priest of your people. Now you can help us with their problem.' Tagoona asked, 'What is a problem?' and the white man said, 'Tagoona, if I held you by your heels from a third-story window, you would have a problem.' Tagoona considered this long and carefully. Then he said, 'I do not think so. If you saved me, all would be well. If you dropped me, nothing would matter. It is you who would have the problem.”
― I Heard the Owl Call My Name
― I Heard the Owl Call My Name
“Now the trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.”
― The Magician's Nephew
― The Magician's Nephew
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