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I have had prayers answered - most strangely so sometimes - but I think our Heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me.

Lewis Carroll

Prayer, Kindness, Father

Lewis Carroll, Roger Lancelyn Green (1989). “The Selected Letters of Lewis Carroll”, p.157, Springer

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the Twelve Apostles are the most evident sign of Jesus' will regarding the existence and mission of his Church, the guarantee that between Christ and the Church there is no opposition: despite the sins of the people who make up the Church, they are inseparable. Therefore, a slogan that was popular some years back, 'Jesus yes, Church no,' is totally inconceivable with the intention of Christ. This individualistically chosen Jesus is an imaginary Jesus.

Pope Benedict XVI

Jesus, Years, Guarantees That

Pope Benedict XVI (2016). “Jesus, the Apostles, and the Early Church”, p.8, Ignatius Press

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Our weaknesses are always evident, both to ourselves and others. But our strengths are hidden until we choose to reveal them--and that is when we are truly tested. When all that we have within is exposed, and we may no longer blame our inadequacies for our failure, but must instead depend upon our strengths to succeed ... that is when the measure of a man is taken, my boy.

James A. Owen

Taken, Men, Boys

James A. Owen (2010). “Here, There Be Dragons”, p.191, Simon and Schuster

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In a very real sense not one of us is qualified, but it seems that God continually chooses the most unqualified to do his work, to bear his glory. If we are qualified, we tend to think that we have done the job ourselves. If we are forced to accept our evident lack of qualification, then there's no danger that we will confuse God's work with our own, or God's glory with our own.

Madeleine L'Engle

Jobs, Real, Humility

Madeleine L'Engle (2016). “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art”, p.55, Convergent Books

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When we are alone on a starlit night, when by chance we see the migrating birds in autumn descending on a grove of junipers to rest and eat; when we see children in a moment when they are really children, when we know love in our own hearts; or when, like the Japanese poet, Basho, we hear an old frog land in a quiet pond with a solitary splash - at such times the awakening, the turning inside out of all values, the "newness," the emptiness and the purity of vision that make themselves evident, all these provide a glimpse of the cosmic dance.

Thomas Merton

Life, Children, Heart

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We wear on our faces the results of what we believe and how we behave, and such behavior is most evident in the eyes and on the faces of those who have lived many years.

Gordon B. Hinckley

Believe, Eye, Years

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It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other.

Samuel Johnson

Equality, Two, People

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There is a sociology of horses, as well as a psychology. It is most evident in the world of horse racing, where many horses are gathered together, where year after year, decade after decade, they do the same, rather simple thing - run in races and try to win.

Jane Smiley

Running, Horse, Winning

"A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck". Book by Jane Smiley, www.theguardian.com. April 2004.

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It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.

Ambrose Bierce

Change, Feel Better, Men

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If you do things with a certain type of result and cause a certain type of reaction or effect, then you increase your market value. It's very much a competition for the entertainment dollar, and that's never been more clearly evident than in today's NBA game.

Julius Erving

Basketball, Nba, Games

"The Wondrous Dr. J". The Academy of Achievement Interview in Las Vegas, Nevada, www.achievement.org. June 26, 1992.

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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.

Francesco Guicciardini

Life, Hard Work, Generosity

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For a combination of reasons, and despite evident fondness for American products and individuals, my impression is that most Pakistanis have extremely negative views of the US as a geopolitical player.

Mohsin Hamid

Player, Views, Negative

"Pakistan is at last finding its voice. The US would be wise not to gag it" by Mohsin Hamid, www.theguardian.com. August 21, 2008.

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Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.

Dag Hammarskjold

Death, Self, Goal

"Markings". Book by Dag Hammarskjöld, 1963.

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That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.

William Hazlitt

Wise, Self, Cease

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When clothes wear you, it's pretty evident. You've got to wear the clothes, not the other way around.

Peter Cincotti

Clothes, Way

Source: wwd.com

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How are things visible? Can you see an egg against a white background? Not by drawing a line around it can you make it evident.

William Morris Hunt

Eggs, White, Drawing

William Morris Hunt (1976). “William Morris Hunt on painting and drawing”, Dover Pubns

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A spine to my films that's become more evident to me is that many are about the choices people make, and the reverberations of those choices. You go this way, or that way, and either way, there's going to be consequences.

Spike Lee

People, Choices, Way

"Q&A: Spike Lee on 'Oldboy,' Remakes, Atonement & 'Inside Man 2'". Interview with Simon Abrams, www.esquire.com. November 20, 2013.

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How we are using up our home, how we are living and polluting the planet is frightening. It was evident when I was a child. It's more evident now.

Maya Lin

Children, Home, Artist

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Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.

Thomas B. Macaulay

Freedom, 4th Of July, Learning

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It is perfectly evident to any logical mind that when you have got the vote, by the proper use of the vote in sufficient numbers, by combination, you can get out of any legislature whatever you want, or, if you cannot get it, you can send them about their business and choose other people who will be more attentive to your demands.

Emmeline Pankhurst

Numbers, People, Mind

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That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does not require miracles to prove it.

Blaise Pascal

Miracle, Doe, Prove It

Blaise Pascal (2015). “Pensees: Thoughts on Religion”, p.268, Letcetera Publishing

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One of the most constant aspects of American life is change - and nowhere is it more evident than in our financial markets.

Henry Paulson

Financial, Life Is, Aspect

Henry Paulson's Speech on the "Blueprint for Regulatory Reform", www.cnbc.com. March 31, 2008.

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To this day the Arab influence is evident in southern Italy, northern Africa and, above all, in Spain.

Carroll Quigley

Southern Italy, Spain, Influence

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The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see.

Ayn Rand

Inspirational, Live Life, Teaching

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It is all too evident that our nation, and the governments of other countries, require all the help they can get in order to fight the War on Terrorism against people who have no qualms about taking the lives of innocent men, women, and children.

Jim Sensenbrenner

Country, Children, War

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