"The mighty question arises upon us, what is one's own real self? It certainly is not what we think we are and ought to be."

Philosophy, Self, Identity, Existence

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"The mighty question arises upon us, what is one's own real self? It certainly is not what we think we are and ought to be."

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"War is only one facet of the larger problem of evil which has been with the human race since the beginning . . .This same evil tried to destroy the greatest human being who ever lived, nailing Him to a cross."

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"Heaven is a wonderful place and the benefits for the believer are out of this world!"

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"God does not want an apartment in our house. He claims our entire home from attic to cellar."

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"Thought, if I may put it, is the man behind the possession, appearance, things we like, things we hate and the very epitome of life."

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"We should not covet or expect the praise of ungodly men . . . the very fact that they are inclined to persecute us is proof that we are “not of the world."

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"A philosopher once asked, "Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at them because we are human?" Pointless, really..."Do the stars gaze back?" Now, that's a question."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

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"Heavenly rest will be so refreshing that we will never feel that exhaustion of mind and body we so frequently experience now. I'm really looking forward to that."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"It is what it is because you let it be so."

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"I am the creation of love.I am the source of love.I am the beginning of love.I like to vanish in love."

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"I believe there is an obedience to the Gospel, there is a self-denial and a bearing of the cross, if you are to be a follower of Christ. Being a Christian is a serious business."

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"One could laugh at the world better if it didn't mix tender kindliness with its brutality."

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"The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul, and he has got dozens."

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"The more I see of democracy the more I dislike it. It just brings everything down to the mere vulgar level of wages and prices, electric light and water closets, and nothing else."

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"The Christian fear of the pagan outlook has damaged the whole consciousness of man."

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"Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in the creative flux. You can't invent a design. You recognize it, in the fourth dimension. That is, with your blood and your bones, as well as with your eyes."

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"Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million, rear up city upon city, save every parasite alive, until the accumulation of mere existence is swollen to a horror."

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"God how I hate new countries: They are older than the old, more sophisticated, much more conceited, only young in a certain puerile vanity more like senility than anything."

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"Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks."

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