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The last copy of the Chicago Daily News I picked up had three crime stories on its front page. But by comparison to the gaudy days, this is small-time stuff. Chicago is as full of crooks as a saw with teeth, but the era when they ruled the city is gone forever. ↗

— John Gunther

#city #comparison #copy #crime #crooks

What interested me was not news, but appraisal. What I sought was to grasp the flavor of a man, his texture, his impact, what he stood for, what he believed in, what made him what he was and what color he gave to the fabric of his time. ↗

— John Gunther

#believed #color #fabric #flavor #gave

And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn. ↗

— William Gurnall

#court #found #friends #god #had

Fairytales are fake, life does'nt end in "Happily Ever After ↗

— TheEmoQueen

#life #life

If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest. ↗

— G. I. Gurdjieff

#friends #lose #make #priest #want

A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour. ↗

— George Gurdjieff

#continually #even #half #hour #long

Justifying faith is not a naked assent to the truths of the gospel. ↗

— William Gurnall

#faith #gospel #justifying #naked #truths

God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace. ↗

— William Gurnall

#carry #debt #god #god hath #grace

Mercy should make us ashamed, wrath afraid to sin. ↗

— William Gurnall

#ashamed #make #mercy #should #sin

Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer. ↗

— William Gurnall

#faithful #last #longer #lost #never