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"Self-seeking, self-glory, that is not me. No. Many people say I embarrass them with my humility."

— Peter Akinola

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"The victimisation or diminishment of human beings whose affections happen to be ordered towards people of the same sex is anathema to us."

"I didn’t create poverty. This church didn’t create poverty. Poverty is not an issue, human suffering is not an issue at all, they were there before the creation of mankind."

"We will not, on the altar of money, mortgage our conscience, mortgage our faith, mortgage our salvation."

"We must never forget that if Christ had been so inclined, he would not have come and there will be no Christmas to celebrate."

"He will do what we tell him."

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Those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.

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Modesty is an unnatural attitude, and one which is only with difficulty taught to children.

Isaac Asimov The Early Asimov Book Two (1972)

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