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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."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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"I won't tell you that the world matters nothing, or the world's voice, or the voice of society. They matter a good deal. They matter far too much. But there are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands. You have that moment now. Choose!"

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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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."

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, Ghanaian Author

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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."

Billy Graham, American Clergyman

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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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"There are crimes which become innocent and even glorious through their splendor, number and excess."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"The believer in magic and miracles reflects on how to impose a law on nature--: and, in brief, the religious cult is the outcome of this reflection."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains."

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"Some mystery should be left in the revelation of character in a play, just as a great deal of mystery is always left in the revelation of character in life, even in one's own character to himself."

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"To be free is to have achieved your life."

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"Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you - gently, with love, and hand your life back to you."

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"We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life."

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"I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action."

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"Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question."

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"You can be young without money but you can't be old without it."

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