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Quote by William Wilberforce

“Can you tell a plain man the road to heaven? Certainly, turn at once to the right, and then go straight forward.”

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William Wilberforce was a British politician known for his leading role in the movement to abolish slavery. He actively pushed for legislation against the slave trade in the British Parliament and dedicated his life to promoting social justice and moral reform. more

“Once upon a time ... the only autonomous intelligences we humans knew of were us humans. We thought then that if humankind ever devised another intelligence that it would be the result of a huge project ... a great mass of silicon and ancient transistors and chips and circuit boards ... a machine with lots of networking circuits, in other words, aping-if you will pardon the expression-the human brain in form and function. Of course, AIs did not evolve that way. They sort of slipped into existence when we humans were looking the other way.”

“Had I been brighter, the ladies been gentler, the Scotch been weaker, had the gods been kinder, had the dice been hotter, this could have been a one-sentence story: Once upon a time I lived happily ever after.”

Has Beens Stories Sentences Could Have Been Brighter Happily Ever After Once Upon A Time Ever After Dice Kinder Scotch One Sentence Hotter

Author:Mickey Rooney

“The family should be a closely knit group. The home should be a self-contained shelter of security; a kind of school where life's basic lessons are taught; and a kind of church where God is honored; a place where wholesome recreation and simple pleasures are enjoyed.”

Should Kind Self Home School Church Simple Pleasure Groups Security Taught Lessons Parenting Enjoyed Shelter Honored Recreation Simple Pleasures Self Contained

Author:Billy Graham

“You want to mess up the minds of your children? Here's how - guaranteed! Rear them in a legalistic, tight context of external religion, where performance is more important than reality. Fake your faith. Sneak around and pretend your spirituality. Train your children to do the same. Embrace a long list of do's and don'ts publicly but hypocritically practice them privately... yet never own up to the fact that its hypocrisy. Act one way but live another. And you can count on it - emotional and spiritual damage will occur.”

Source: The Grace Awakening: Believing in Grace Is One Thing. Living it Is Another.

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