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Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree.
Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body.
He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.
Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires.
People do not lack strength they lack will.
My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.
What gives me the most hope every day is God’s grace knowing that his grace is going to give me the strength for whatever I face, knowing that nothing is a surprise to God.
The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.