Patience JohnsonI believe that to be kept from evil is better than to be healed from sickness.
About This Quote
I believe that to be kept from evil is better than to be healed from sickness. This quote means that when someone is prevented from committing an evil act, they are not healed. A person who was prevented from committing a crime would have his coldness in their heart toward someone else. On the contrary, the person with coldness in their heart toward someone else has been healed of illness because they were prevented from committing an evil act.
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