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βWho is that man?β asked Bossuet.
βA man,β replied Combeferre, βwho saves others.β
Marius added in a grave voice: βI know him.β
This assurance was enough for everyone. Enjolras turned toward Jean Valjean.
"Citizen, welcome.β
And he added: βYou know we are going to die.β
Jean Valjean, without answering, helped the insurgent he had saved get into his uniform.
As her prestige mounted its maintenance became more trying. She became more sensitive to criticism and would go to any lengths to avoid it.
The women adored her. Men were awestruck before her. She was becoming something of a phenomenon. But she alone knew her internal struggles. She knew she was not better than anyone else....
A Reread of 3 Great African Classics
https://bit.ly/40nwFmT
#AfricanWritersSeries #reading #BookInsights
You and I donβt have to choose a βsideβ in genocide. Heck, even God doesnβt choose sides. The Bible says He is no respector of persons.
https://survivingtomorrow.org/jews-vs-muslims-a-christian-perspective-67b7e5f103ed
It is a terrible thing to be happy! How we content ourselves with it! How easily we find it to be the be-all and end-all! How easily, having attained that false aim of life, happiness, we forget the real aim, duty!
Β©Victor Hugo ~ Les Miserables
#bookinsights #life #love #duty #selfsacrifice #mediumwriters #nigeria
Jump off the βDoom Scrollingβ train. Doom scrolling is the habit of endlessly consuming negative news via social media or the internet. It is a downward-spiralling self-defeating habit. Many of those caught in this deadly addiction are unaware of it. Compulsively, they want to be in the know, even though such negative news leave them hassled, depressed and worn-out.
https://akinlade.medium.com/065ce6bd323d?source=friends_link&sk=bac895f1ee16e55838ce11f2d26c4907
In every way it has come to this, that what one now calls Christianity is precisely what Christ came to abolish. This has happened especially in Protestantism.
~ SΓΈren Kierkegaard (1813β1855)
https://medium.com/muse-2-muse/the-great-derailing-of-the-nigerian-church-978b50ef46f3
But hatred is best combined with Fear. Cowardice, alone of all the vices, is purely painful - horrible to anticipate, horrible to feel, horrible to remember;
Hatred has its pleasures. It is therefore often the compensation by which a frightened man reimburses himself for the miseries of Fear. The more he fears, the more he will hate. And Hatred is also a great anodyne for shame.
Β©C. S. Lewis ~ The Screwtape Letters https://is.gd/CSL24lsns
"There is certainly much anarchy to be managed in Nigeria, but just doing that β if it can be done β is not enough. The tragedy of the future is that Nigerians refuse to learn from their own past. βWe are far more anxious to dismiss what happened than anything else. Nobody wants to get to the bottom of anything."
~ Β©Karl Maier, This House Has Fallen
No stab ever cut deeper than,
The silence of our friends, &
"Looking the other way" of
Those we call brethren.
But, O my heart.
Patience and courage
For just one more day.
All shall be well.
And you'll be fine.
It is a work in progress, though one is never too sure whether it is being assembled or torn apart.
There is certainly much anarchy to be managed in Nigeria, but just doing that β if it can be done β is not enough.
The tragedy of the future is that Nigerians refuse to learn from their own past. βWe are far more anxious to dismiss what happened than anything else. Nobody wants to get to the bottom of anything.
~ Β©Karl Maier (This House Has Fallen)
When you follow a leader, consider what would lead you to withdraw your support. If the answer is nothing, your integrity is in jeopardy.
Your highest loyalty belongs to principles, not people. No leader deserves unconditional love.
Commitment is earned through
character.
~ Adam Grant
"Life showed me that success is more than what we do in our lives and business. Itβs how we live and treat others. Itβs in the kindness and consideration we show humanityβ¦ β¦ "
Does sunset sometimes look like the sun is coming up?
Do you know what a faithful love is like?
Youβre crying; you say youβve burned yourself.
But can you think of anyone whoβs not hazy with smoke?
~ Rumi (1207β1273)
https://medium.com/illumination/an-ode-from-our-grateful-hearts-3c2286885fb4
Life doesnβt stop surprising us.
One moment, you think youβve seen it all. And then boom, something unusual happens β¦
But you can take steps to limit the impacts of these surprises.
https://medium.com/leftfieldtalk/how-to-ensure-lifes-surprises-don-t-shock-you-b32a52d29252
Serendipity and the joy of life's unexpected surprises.
https://muse2muse.substack.com/p/the-saxophonist?r=9psur&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
His question, βWhy didnβt any of you try to prevent this injustice?β has haunted me (in a positive way) ever since I first watched the YouTube script
The answer to that question is what every Nigerian must answer if ever there is to be any hope for our countryβs redemption... β¦
@retro892088 Singing (all the time) the awesome Eagles to your lovely daughter. Keep it up man. π
Ironic, the only βgood selfieβ is self-control, and that only comes from depending on God.
The real question is, how does God see these? When we pray do we include asking God to rid us of pride? Even when we try to conceal pride we must remember God sees the pride in our heart.
https://is.gd/4C4R_seoP