“God never takes away something from your life without replacing it with something better.”

“When God allows something to be taken from you, He replaces it with something better.”

“When we take away from a man his traditional way of life, his customs, hi religion, we had better make certain to replace it with SOMETHING OF VALUE”

“To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did. When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, butmerely opening your hands to receive something better. Concentrate onthis sentence... 'The will of God will never take you where the Grace ofGod will not protect you.”

“Every try to take a toy away from a toddler? They don't like that, do they? They start kicking and screaming. Best way to take a toy away from a toddler is distract the kid, give him something else to play with. Instead of trying to forcefully take thoughts out of your mind, give your mind something better to play with.”

“It is a terrible thing to witness death by violence, a thousand times worse to hold a man’s life in your own hands and to willingly, consciously take it from him. Acknowledged or not, something noble has been scoured from your insides, never to be replaced. You saved a friend’s life, and there lies ample justification. But never peace, never balance, never the same. At least that is how it seems to me.”