"However much we guard against it we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us."

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"However much we guard against it we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us."

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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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"It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn."

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"To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance."

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"Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do."

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"We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends."

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"Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless."

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"Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us."

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"Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from."

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"Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident."

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"Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play."

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