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"Adam was placed in Paradise in perfect estate, and in the company of God's angels; God walked and did talk with him. He heard the voice, and beheld the presence of God."

"Adam was placed in Paradise in perfect estate, and in the company of God's angels; God walked and did talk with him. He heard the voice, and beheld the presence of God."

John Jewel, English Clergyman

God, Angels, Company, Paradise

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"To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs."

"To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs."

Sri Aurobindo, Indian Philosopher

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"I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and teachers to take the care of such congregations, and that God did raise up such in the church as we see it in the word."

"I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and teachers to take the care of such congregations, and that God did raise up such in the church as we see it in the word."

John Nelson Darby, English Clergyman

God, Church, Care, Desire

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"Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned."

"Every man who has at last succeeded, after long effort, in calling up the divinity which lies hidden in a woman's heart, is startled to find that he must obey the God he summoned."

Henry Brooks Adams, American Author

God, Heart, Divinity, Effort

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"God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender."

"God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender."

Walter Annenberg, American Businessman

God, Strength, Fight, Surrender

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"In particular, the emerging call from our nation's evangelicals to protect God's creation is substantial."

"In particular, the emerging call from our nation's evangelicals to protect God's creation is substantial."

Jim Clyburn, American Politician

God, Creation, Nation

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"I hope to bring people to God with my songs."

"I hope to bring people to God with my songs."

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

God, People, Hope, Songs

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"The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a farmer who, having sown tares, asks God to bring forth for him a harvest of wheat."

"The man who sows wrong thoughts and deeds and prays that God will bless him is in the position of a farmer who, having sown tares, asks God to bring forth for him a harvest of wheat."

James Allen, British Author

God, Thoughts, Deeds, Harvest

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"I'm learning, but I'm getting better at it because I'm learning how to hear God in worship."

"I'm learning, but I'm getting better at it because I'm learning how to hear God in worship."

Michael W. Smith, American Musician

God, Learning, Worship

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"There are several insights at the heart of the A's system that I think are wonderful for baseball. One, that it's a team game. That no one player is going to make that much of a difference to your team, so for god's sake don't go blow a quarter of your budget on one guy."

"There are several insights at the heart of the A's system that I think are wonderful for baseball. One, that it's a team game. That no one player is going to make that much of a difference to your team, so for god's sake don't go blow a quarter of your budget on one guy."

Michael Lewis, American Author

God, Heart, Baseball, Difference

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"Grandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing old."

"Grandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing old."

Mary H. Waldrip, American Author

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"God uses singers in a mighty way, and I am grateful."

"God uses singers in a mighty way, and I am grateful."

Martha Reeves, American Musician

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"I believe in the freedom of God's sons and daughters."

"I believe in the freedom of God's sons and daughters."

Pat Buckley, Irish Clergyman

God, Daughters, Freedom, Sons

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"God's only excuse is that he does not exist."

"God's only excuse is that he does not exist."

Stendhal, French Writer

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"God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things."

"God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things."

Baruch Spinoza, Dutch Philosopher

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"Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man."

"Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man."

William Ralph Inge, English Clergyman

God, Nature, People, Man

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"Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you."

"Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you."

Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish Educator

God, Idea, Affliction, Caring

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"When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a sportsman."

"When a man wantonly destroys one of the works of man we call him a vandal. When he destroys one of the works of god we call him a sportsman."

Joseph Wood Krutch, American Environmentalist

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"Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires."

"Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires."

Charles Bent, American Politician

God, Man, Prayer, Will

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"Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure."

"Earth changes, but thy soul and God stand sure."

Robert Browning Hamilton, American Poet

God, Soul, Earth

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"And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man."

"And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man."

A. E. Housman, English Poet

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"Well the basic thesis is that there's a god in heaven who is all powerful who wants to help people. And that - he will answer prayer, and does miraculous things in people's lives. And so I've documented some of these wonderful things."

"Well the basic thesis is that there's a god in heaven who is all powerful who wants to help people. And that - he will answer prayer, and does miraculous things in people's lives. And so I've documented some of these wonderful things."

Pat Robertson, American Clergyman

God, People, Heaven, Help

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"God loves to help him who strives to help himself."

"God loves to help him who strives to help himself."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

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"I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial; but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far I can reduce to practice principles which I know to be founded in truth."

"I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial; but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far I can reduce to practice principles which I know to be founded in truth."

James Otis, American Lawyer

God, Truth, May, Melancholy

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"We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low."

"We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low."

Desmond Tutu, South African Leader

God, People, Heaven, May

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"Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god."

"Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god."

Beilby Porteus, British Clergyman

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"Evil and good are God's right hand and left."

"Evil and good are God's right hand and left."

Horace Mann, American Educator

God, Evil, Right

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"Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them."

"Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them."

Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish Diplomat

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"The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea."

"The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea."

John Templeton, American Businessman

God, Idea, Sea, Self

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"For Christ, both God and man, must lay hold on us in order that there may be a union between Him and us."

"For Christ, both God and man, must lay hold on us in order that there may be a union between Him and us."

Martin Chemnitz, German Theologian

God, Christ, Man, May

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"I believe that God made this wonderful universe and all that exists."

"I believe that God made this wonderful universe and all that exists."

Pat Buckley, Irish Clergyman

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"God, George Bush makes me want to slash my wrists. He's so embarrassing I have to leave the room when he's on the news. What a monkey."

"God, George Bush makes me want to slash my wrists. He's so embarrassing I have to leave the room when he's on the news. What a monkey."

Margot Kidder, American Actress

God, News, Want

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"God will not move unless I say it. Why? because He has made us coworkers with Him. He set things up that way."

"God will not move unless I say it. Why? because He has made us coworkers with Him. He set things up that way."

Benny Hinn, Israeli Clergyman

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"The problem of evil... Why does God permit it? Or, if God is omnipotent, in which case permission and creation are the same, why did God create it?"

"The problem of evil... Why does God permit it? Or, if God is omnipotent, in which case permission and creation are the same, why did God create it?"

William Temple, British Archbishop

God, Creation, Evil

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"What does God the Father look like? Although I've never seen Him, I believe - as with the Holy Spirit - He looks like Jesus looked on earth."

"What does God the Father look like? Although I've never seen Him, I believe - as with the Holy Spirit - He looks like Jesus looked on earth."

Benny Hinn, Israeli Clergyman

God, Father, Earth, Spirit

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"I have been a man of great sins, but He has been a God of great mercies; and now, through His mercies, I have a conscience as sound and quiet as if I had never sinned."

"I have been a man of great sins, but He has been a God of great mercies; and now, through His mercies, I have a conscience as sound and quiet as if I had never sinned."

Donald Cargill, Scottish Clergyman

God, Conscience, Man, Now

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"God is the perfect poet."

"God is the perfect poet."

Robert Browning, English Poet

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"I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get right about its God the rest would follow."

"I still think that if the human race, or even one nation, could only get right about its God the rest would follow."

Laurence Housman, English Playwright

God, Nation, Race, Rest

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"Among the children of God, it was they who were most able to rightly divide the word of truth."

"Among the children of God, it was they who were most able to rightly divide the word of truth."

John Nelson Darby, English Clergyman

God, Truth, Children, Word

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"He whom God has touched will always be a being apart: he is, whatever he may do, a stranger among men; he is marked by a sign."

"He whom God has touched will always be a being apart: he is, whatever he may do, a stranger among men; he is marked by a sign."

Ernest Renan, French Philosopher

God, Men, Being, May

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"Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors."

"Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors."

Josh Billings, American Comedian

God, People, Neighbors

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"To see how Christ was prophesied and described therein, consider and mark, how that the kid or lamb must be with out spot or blemish; and so was Christ only of all mankind, in the sight of God and of his law."

"To see how Christ was prophesied and described therein, consider and mark, how that the kid or lamb must be with out spot or blemish; and so was Christ only of all mankind, in the sight of God and of his law."

William Tyndale, English Clergyman

God, Christ, Law, Mankind

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"I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman."

"I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman."

King James I, British Royalty

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"Willingness to be damned for the glory of God."

"Willingness to be damned for the glory of God."

Samuel Hopkins, American Clergyman

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"When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair."

"When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair."

Brian Clough, English Athlete

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"Pray for your mate. Ask God to soften your heart and show you ways to be a better spouse."

"Pray for your mate. Ask God to soften your heart and show you ways to be a better spouse."

Willie Aames, American Actor

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"I believe with all my heart that the Bible is the infallible word of God."

"I believe with all my heart that the Bible is the infallible word of God."

Jerry Falwell, American Clergyman

God, Heart, Bible, Word

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"God touches and moves, warns and desires all equally, and He wants one quite as much as another. The inequality lies in the way in which His touch, His warnings, and His gifts are received."

"God touches and moves, warns and desires all equally, and He wants one quite as much as another. The inequality lies in the way in which His touch, His warnings, and His gifts are received."

Johannes Tauler, German Theologian

God, Gifts, Inequality, Lies

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"Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven."

"Limited in his nature, infinite in his desire, man is a fallen god who remembers heaven."

Alphonse de Lamartine, French Poet

God, Nature, Desire, Heaven

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"I figure there are a few actors like Marlon Brando, George C. Scott and Laurence Olivier who have been touched by the hand of God. I'm in the next bunch."

"I figure there are a few actors like Marlon Brando, George C. Scott and Laurence Olivier who have been touched by the hand of God. I'm in the next bunch."

John Forsythe, American Actor

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