Quote by Jean Toomer
Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself ac

Men try to run life according to their wishes; life runs itself according to necessity. – Jean Toomer

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A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward. – Phillips Brooks

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for. – Johann von Goethe

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