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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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Personal Development
"I gave in, and admitted that God was God."
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Personal Development
"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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Personal Development
"What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin Mary, and sought to make Him utterly believable, a vital breathing character."
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Personal Development
"There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way.""
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Personal Development
"Without the Mind, there is no God. Without you, there is no God."
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"I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well in it."
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"God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal."
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"To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him."
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"Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order."
Humanity
"Second, we also got a more authentic liturgy of the people of God, in the vernacular language."
God
"That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites."
Favors
"And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops."
God
"As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions."
Truth
"It is an absolutely unique success of the church community to have introduced such an epoch-making change, in just a few years, without having a serious division."
Success
"But I have to add - and this answers your other question - this catholicity in time and in space is only meaningful for me if there is, at the same time, a concentration on the Gospel."
Time
"We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth."
Earth
"I remember the Curia said, that's up to the American bishops, not up to Rome."
American
"At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil."
Men
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