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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."

"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."

"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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"Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away."

"I many no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather response to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not."

"Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all."

"It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners."

"Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly."

"The sound of 'gentle stillness' after all the thunder and wind have passed will the ultimate Word from God."
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