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“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.” (Page 1462)

“Christ is not valued at all unless he is valued above all.” (Page 240)

“Never put a question mark where God has put a period.” (Page 185)

“Katherine Bevis tells how among the students at a well-known college there was a young man who had to get about on crutches. He had an unusual talent for friendliness and optimism and so won the deep respect of his classmates. One day a student asked him what had caused his deformity. ‘Infantile paralysis,’ he replied briefly, not wishing to elaborate on his difficulties. ‘With a misfortune like that, how can you face the world so?’ inquired his classmate. ‘Oh’, replied the young Christian, smiling, ‘the disease never touched my heart.’” (Page 953)