"To put it another way, pain is God's……" — William Nicholson
"To put it another way, pain is God's megaphone to rouse a deaf world. Why must it be pain? Why can't he rouse us more gently, with violins or laughter? Because the dream from which we must be wakened, is the dream that all is well."
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William Nicholson
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20 Quotes by William Nicholson
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We read to know that we are not alone.
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Today begins my walk with you. Where you go, I go. Where you stay, I stay. When you sleep, I…
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Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn fast.
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I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of…
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Use your power gently.
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I am as I am. The world is as it is. Whether I am content with that has very little…
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We are the slaves of slaves
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All the fear in the world, and the violence that comes from the fear, and the hatred that comes from…
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He accepted what each moment brough him, and never troubled himself with matters that were outside his control.
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Self-sufficiency is the enemy of salvation. If you are self-sufficient, you have no need of God. If you have no…
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Here I am going to say something which may come as a bit of a shock. God doesn't necessarily want…
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God creates us free, free to be selfish, but He adds a mechanism that will penetrate our selfishness and wake…
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