Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing

Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. – Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Orthodoxy, 1909

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Aversion is a form of bondage. We are tied to what we hate or fear. That is why, in our lives, the same problem, the same danger or difficulty, will present itself over and over again in various prospects, as long as we continue to resist or run away from it instead of examining it and solving it. – Patañjali

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Sadness flowers to the next renewing joy. – Terri Guillemets

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Convert difficulties into opportunities, for difficulties are divine surgeries to make you better. – Author unknown

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Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us. – Henry Ward Beecher

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In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. – Stephen Covey

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I was very, very religious. And of course I wrote about it in Night. I questioned Gods silence. So I questioned. I dont have an answer for that. Does it mean that I stopped having faith? No. I have faith, but I question it. – Elie Wiesel

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The lord is wonderfully good to those who wait for him and seek him.
N.B.: From this quote is derived the proverb, Good things come to those who wait. – Bible

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Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other. – Ed Howe