QUOTABLE QUOTES

On OPENMINDEDNESS:

"I am incurably convinced that the object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid!"    G. K. Chesterton


"Where there is no sympathy, there is no understanding."

ON MINISTRY:

"BE A SOLDIER OF CHRIST.... in active service
DO NOT BE in the Secret Service."  

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