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“If you choose to turn your back, you don't really have a say in what goes on behind it.”

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Gwethalyn Graham was a Canadian writer known for her novels and poetry. Born on January 18, 1913, and passing away on November 25, 1965, Graham's works often explored social and moral issues, deeply influenced by Indigenous Canadian culture. more

“for every person who's stepped out of line and lived to regret it, there are two people who stayed in line because they got their values mixed and lost their nerve, and who have lived to regret it still more. You don't hear about those people because they're still in line where they don't show.”

People Persons Stills Two Shows Values Lost Lines Risk Regret Nerves

Author:Gwethalyn Graham

“For every individual who really is exceptional there are about fifty thousand who just imagine they are - until it's too late, and they find out they aren't after all.”

Individual Imagine Thousand Late Fifty Too Late Exceptional

Book:Earth and High Heaven

Source: Earth and High Heaven

“There is nothing in the world so dangerous, or so overwhelming as stupidity; perhaps there is no more of it now than there has been at any time, but I do not think the witless of past generations had so much power. The powers of darkness are the powers of misdirected knowledge.”

Thinking World Has Beens Past Darkness Generations Dangerous Stupidity Overwhelming Past Generations

Author:Gwethalyn Graham

“there are people who are born superficial ... They prefer not to have to deal with more than a limited number of oversimplified ideas - they prefer the book reviews to the books, the headlines and the leading paragraph to the full report, the generalization to the facts, and the negative to the positive.”

People Book Ideas Facts Born Deals Numbers Negative Reports Reviews Superficial Headlines Paragraph Generalization Superficiality Book Review

Book:Earth and High Heaven

Source: Earth and High Heaven

“Holy Scripture is so exalted that there is no one in the world ... wise enough to understand it so fully that his intellect is not overcome by it. Nevertheless, man can stammer something about it.”

Men World Enough Wise Holy Bible Overcoming Intellect Scripture Nevertheless Exalted Holy Scriptures

Author:Angela of Foligno

“In that time and by God's will there died my mother, who was a great hindrance unto me in following the way of God; my husband died likewise, and in a short time there also died all my children. And because I had commenced to follow the aforesaid way and had prayed God that He would rid me of them, I had great consolation of their deaths, albeit I did also feel some grief.”

Way Feels Children Mother Grief Family Husband Died Following Gods Will My Children My Husband Consolation Short Time Hindrance

Book:The Book of Divine Consolation of the Blessed Angela of Foligno

Source: The Book of Divine Consolation of the Blessed Angela of Foligno

“This whole world is full of God!”

World Whole God Whole World

Book:The Book of Divine Consolation of the Blessed Angela of Foligno

Source: The Book of Divine Consolation of the Blessed Angela of Foligno

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