“ The trouble with me, he thought unhappily, is that I have been about the world long enough to know that God's plans for us, however infallibly good, may not take the form we expect and demand. ”
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“ God, nevertheless, required a little help from men, and what he mostly got was hindrance. ”
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“ Once, I remember, Father Abbot said that our purpose is justice, and with God lies the privilege of mercy. But even God, when he intends mercy, needs tools to his hand. ”
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“ Truth is a hard master, and costly to serve, but it simplifies all problems. ”
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“ Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case. ”
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“ Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith." (Br. Cadfael) ”
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“ I have always known that the best of the Saracens could outChristian many of us Christians. ”
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“ One century's saint is the next century's heretic ... and one century's heretic is the next century's saint. It is as well to think long and calmly before affixing either name to any man. ”
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“ Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith." (Br. Cadfael) ”
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“ Oh, sometimes I like to put the sand of doubt into the oyster of my faith." (Br. Cadfael) ”
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“ Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them. ”
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“ Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light. ”
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“ There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil. ”
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“ There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil. ”
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“ Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them. ”
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“ Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them. ”
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“ Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light. ”
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“ There is in the end no remedy but truth. It is the one course that cannot be evil. ”
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“ Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light. ”
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“ Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light. ”
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“ Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them. ”
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