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“As she said in a speech to a library association in 1935, librarians should “read as a drunkard drinks or as a bird sings or a cat sleeps or a dog responds to an invitation to go walking, not from conscience or training, but because they’d rather do it than anything else in the world.”

— Susan Orlean

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Susan Orlean Quote: “As she said in a speech to a library association in 1935, librarians should “read as a drunkard drinks or as a bird sings or a cat sleeps or a dog responds to an invitation to go walking, not from conscience or training, but because they’d rather do it than anything else in the world.”

“As she said in a speech to a library association in 1935, librarians should “read as a drunkard drinks or as a bird sings or a cat sleeps or a dog responds to an invitation to go walking, not from conscience or training, but because they’d rather do it than anything else in the world.”

— Susan Orlean

Susan Orlean Quote: “As she said in a speech to a library association in 1935, librarians should “read as a drunkard drinks or as a bird sings or a cat sleeps or a dog responds to an invitation to go walking, not from conscience or training, but because they’d rather do it than anything else in the world.”

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6. “Prayer is the opening of the heart to God as to a friend. Not that it is necessary in order to make known to God what we are, but in order to enable us to receive Him. Prayer does not bring God down to us, but brings us up to Him.”

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7. “Morning exercise, walking in the free, invigorating air of heaven, or cultivating flowers, small fruits, and vegetables, is the surest safeguard against colds, coughs, congestion of the brain, inflammation of the liver, the kidneys, and the lungs, and a hundred other diseases.”

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8. “Unceasing prayer is the unbroken union of the soul with God, so that life from God flows into our life; and from our life, purity and holiness flow back to God.”

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9. “A person whose mind is quiet and satisfied in God is in the pathway to health.”

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10. “Every act, every deed of justice and mercy and benevolence, makes heavenly music in Heaven.”

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11. “Next to the Bible, nature is to be our great lesson book.”

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18. “Heaven is all health.”

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19. “If the life we live in this world is wholly for Christ, it is a life of daily surrender.”

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20. “Why should the sons and daughters of God be reluctant to pray, when prayer is the key in the hand of faith to unlock heaven’s storehouse, where are treasured the boundless resources of Omnipotence.”

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21. “In the prayer of faith there is a divine science; it is a science that everyone who would make his lifework a success must understand.”

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22. “The words of the Bible, and the Bible alone, should be heard from the pulpit.”

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24. “God’s promises are all on condition of humble obedience.”

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26. “Why the Christian life is so difficult to many is because they have a divided heart. They are double-minded, which makes them unstable in all their ways.”

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28. “If you lose Heaven, you lose everything; if you gain Heaven, you gain everything.”

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30. “There is no exercise that can take the place of walking. by it the circulation of the blood is greatly improved. Walking, in all cases where it is possible, is the best remedy for the diseased bodies, because in this, all of the organs of the body are brought into use.”

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39. “As the flower turns to the sun, that the bright beams may aid in perfecting its beauty and symmetry, so should we turn to the Sun of Righteousness, that Heaven’s light may shine upon us, that our character may be developed in to the likeness of Christ.”

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41. “A Christian reveals true humility by showing the gentleness of Christ, by being always ready to help others, by speaking kind words and performing unselfish acts, which elevate and ennoble the most sacred message that has come to our world.”

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