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• I wish you coulda seen all them little circles a’homeless folks with their heads bowed and their eyes closed, whisperin what was on their hearts.

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• You know, if you ain’t poor, you might think it’s the folks in them big ole fine brick churches that’s doin all the carin and the prayin.

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• You know, you got to get the devil out the house ‘fore you can clean it up!

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• Art teaches something we all need to learn, especially about people who are different from ourselves: “To see things the way they truly are, sometimes you have to look more deeply.

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• I thank God today she found the courage in her heart to love me enough so that someday I could tell you that even a black ex-con from Angola that stabbed a man could maybe someday do some good in the world if he gets a chance.

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• If all the Christians- I mean all of ’em- got outta the pews on Sundays and into the streets, we’d shut the city down. We’d shut down hunger. We’d shut down loneliness. We’d shut down the notion that there is any such of a thing as a person that don’t deserve a kind word and a second chance.

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• You never know whose eyes God is watchin you through. It might not be your teacher, your preacher, or your Sunday school teacher. More likely it’s gon’ be that bum on the street.

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• Judge people less on their mistakes than on how they handle their mistakes.

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•  The truth is, that which must befall thee must befall thee. And that which must pass the by must pass thee by.

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•  I remember one time I was hunkered down in the hobo jungle with some folks. We was talkin ’bout life, and this fella was talkin, said, ‘People think they’re in control, but they ain’t.

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• There’s somethin I learned when I was homeless: Our limitation is God’s opportunity. When you get all the way to the end of your rope and there ain’t nothin you can do, that’s when God takes over.

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• Are you sure you own them, or does they own you?’ That wisdom stuck to my brain like duct tape. The more I thought about it, the more I became convinced we’d enjoy life a whole lot more if we owned a whole lot less.

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• Denver smiled a bit and sidled up to a cautious question. ‘I know it ain’t none of my business, but does you own somethin’ that each one of those keys fits?’ I glanced at the keys; there were about ten of them. ‘I suppose,’ I replied, not really ever having thought about it.

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• I knew Denver was sincere when he told me that he would not want to trade places with me for even one day. His convictions became clear to me when I laid my key ring on the table between us at one of our earlier meetings for coffee.

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• He assured me that God didn’t make cancer because cancer is not good, and he cautioned me not to blame God for something He didn’t make.

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• She did have one other fear, though: missing the call of God.

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• I have learned that I cannot see into a person’s heart to know his spiritual condition. All I can do is tell the jagged tale of my own spiritual journey and declare that my life has been the better for having followed Christ.

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• Money can’t buy no blessins.

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• Ever man should have the courage to stand up and face the enemy,’ I said, ’cause ever person that looks like a enemy on the outside ain’t necessarily one on the inside. We all has more in common that we think.

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• The Word says God don’t give us credit for lovin the folks we want to love anyway. No, He gives us credit for loving the unlovable. The perfect love of God don’t come with no conditions

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Ron Hall (57)

Nationality:	American
Profession:	Author, Volunteer

About

Denver was born in rural Louisiana in January 1937, and after several tragic events went to live on a plantation in Red River Parish with his Uncle James and Aunt Ethel, who were share croppers. Sometime around 1960, he hopped a freight train and began a life as a homeless drifter until 1966 when a judge awarded him a 10 year contract for hard labor at the Louisiana State School of Fools, aka, Angola Prison!

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