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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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"Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God."

"The reader becomes God, for all textual purposes. I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush."

"It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance."
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"It is true that a fellow cannot ignore women - but he can think of them as he ought - as sisters, not as sparring partners."

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

"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."

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

"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."

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