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"Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will."
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"Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt."
Glory
"Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray."
Instinct
"O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place."
Solitude
"Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay."
Positive
"Absence of proof is not proof of absence."
Absence
"Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed."
Absence
"Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books."
Heart
"God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm."
God
"A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator."
Man
"Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too."
Gardening
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"Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God."
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"I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor learned a secret that would damn or save my soul."
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"There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will."
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"It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God."
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"Conscience is God present in man."
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"God has given you one face, and you make yourself another."
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"I gave in, and admitted that God was God."
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"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."
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"Human beings can always be relied upon to exert, with vigor, their God-given right to be stupid."
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"God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist if we as individuals are the result of some external cause."
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