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"A Buddhist or a good atheist is as acceptable to God as a good Catholic."

"A Buddhist or a good atheist is as acceptable to God as a good Catholic."

Pat Buckley, Irish Clergyman

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"The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure."

"The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure."

John Locke, English Philosopher

God, Men, Truth, Bible

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"My mother had been educated at a convent, and she had been converted to communism by my father during Stalin's most rampant period, at the beginning of the 1930s. So she had two gods, God in heaven and god on earth."

"My mother had been educated at a convent, and she had been converted to communism by my father during Stalin's most rampant period, at the beginning of the 1930s. So she had two gods, God in heaven and god on earth."

Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban Novelist

God, Mother, Father, Gods

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"However one might pray - in any verbal way or completely without words - is unimportant to God. What matters is the heart's intent."

"However one might pray - in any verbal way or completely without words - is unimportant to God. What matters is the heart's intent."

Malcolm Boyd, American Clergyman

God, Heart, Words

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"I've always loved animals and I always thought that they were, if not better, then the absolute equal of any two legged creature that God ever created."

"I've always loved animals and I always thought that they were, if not better, then the absolute equal of any two legged creature that God ever created."

Ali MacGraw, American Actress

God, Thought, Animals

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"Children... are our legacy. Our responsibility. They are our destiny and we are theirs. The extent to which we fail as parents, we fail as God's children."

"Children... are our legacy. Our responsibility. They are our destiny and we are theirs. The extent to which we fail as parents, we fail as God's children."

Dirk Benedict, American Actor

God, Children, Destiny, Parents

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"Thank God I never got in a fight. All of the jock dudes hated me, but all of their girlfriends thought I was nice so they wouldn't touch me. It was infuriating to them."

"Thank God I never got in a fight. All of the jock dudes hated me, but all of their girlfriends thought I was nice so they wouldn't touch me. It was infuriating to them."

Mark Hoppus, American Musician

God, Thought, Fight, Girlfriends

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"At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection."

"At their core, when things really matter, people see a need to turn to God for strength and protection."

Lee Greenwood, American Musician

God, People, Strength, Protection

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"Talent can be developed, gift is God-given. But artists have both."

"Talent can be developed, gift is God-given. But artists have both."

Carroll O'Connor, American Actor

God, Talent, Artists

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"God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back."

"God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there's no turning back."

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

God, May, Questions

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"If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers."

"If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers."

Joseph Wood Krutch, American Environmentalist

God, People, Mankind

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"Do not suffer any man to baptize or minister unto you, unless God has spoken unto him by the voice of his servants, and authorized him to minister in his name."

"Do not suffer any man to baptize or minister unto you, unless God has spoken unto him by the voice of his servants, and authorized him to minister in his name."

Orson Pratt, American Theologian

God, Man, Name, Voice

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"No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God."

"No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God."

William Blackstone, English Judge

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"The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God."

"The divine is perhaps that quality in man which permits him to endure the lack of God."

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

God, Quality, Man

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"I know God is real."

"I know God is real."

Jeff Foxworthy, American Comedian

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"God is a challenge because there is no proof of his existence and therefore the search must continue."

"God is a challenge because there is no proof of his existence and therefore the search must continue."

Donald Knuth, American Scientist

God, Challenge, Existence, Proof

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"Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of such and such a nation, is a novelty, not above three centuries old, although many dear children of God are found dwelling in it."

"Nationalism - in other words, the dividing of the church into bodies - consisting of such and such a nation, is a novelty, not above three centuries old, although many dear children of God are found dwelling in it."

John Nelson Darby, English Clergyman

God, Church, Children, Nation

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"Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit."

"Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit."

Babe Ruth, American Athlete

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"I actually pray everyday, but I don't believe in God."

"I actually pray everyday, but I don't believe in God."

Harvey Fierstein, American Actor

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"Everyone is a son or daughter of god."

"Everyone is a son or daughter of god."

David Icke, English Athlete

God, Son, Daughter

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"We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us."

"We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us."

Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

God, Surrender, Will

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"If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic."

"If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic."

Thomas Szasz, American Psychologist

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"How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands?"

"How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands?"

Mahalia Jackson, American Musician

God, Grace, Wonders

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"All correct reasoning is a grand system of tautologies, but only God can make direct use of that fact."

"All correct reasoning is a grand system of tautologies, but only God can make direct use of that fact."

Herbert Simon, American Scientist

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"It is the desire of our hearts, and as we believe God's will under this dispensation, that all the children of God should be gathered together as such, and, consequently, as not of the world."

"It is the desire of our hearts, and as we believe God's will under this dispensation, that all the children of God should be gathered together as such, and, consequently, as not of the world."

John Nelson Darby, English Clergyman

God, Children, Desire, Will

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"The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them."

"The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them."

Swami Vivekananda, Indian Clergyman

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"Should it happen tomorrow, I would fall to my knees to give thanks to God for such a career."

"Should it happen tomorrow, I would fall to my knees to give thanks to God for such a career."

Placido Domingo, Spanish Musician

God, Career, Tomorrow

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"The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance."

"The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance."

John Philpot Curran, Irish Public Servant

God, Liberty, Man, Vigilance

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"It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode."

"It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode."

Voltaire, French Writer

God, Angels, Pleasure

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"God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave."

"God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

God, Exercise, Grave, Intellect

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"Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God."

"Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God."

Rick Warren, American Writer

God, Career, Will

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"When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?"

"When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?"

Quentin Crisp, English Writer

God, People, Ireland, Woman

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"As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility."

"As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is our responsibility."

Arnold J. Toynbee, British Historian

God, Nature, Choice, Freedom

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"Because God only knows why people like what they like and don't like something else."

"Because God only knows why people like what they like and don't like something else."

Elliott Smith, American Musician

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"God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation."

"God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation."

John Calvin, French Theologian

God, Glory, Justice, Mercy

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"I do not separate Christ from God more than a voice from the speaker or a beam from the sun. Christ is the voice of the speaker. He and the Father are the same thing, as the beam and the light, are the same light."

"I do not separate Christ from God more than a voice from the speaker or a beam from the sun. Christ is the voice of the speaker. He and the Father are the same thing, as the beam and the light, are the same light."

Michael Servetus, Spanish Scientist

God, Father, Christ, Light

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"I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose."

"I do not believe in God because I do not believe in Mother Goose."

Clarence Darrow, American Lawyer

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"Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can."

"Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can."

Richard Stallman, American Scientist

God, Gods, Certainty, Ethics

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"God is all-full. He is self-contained. He is eternal satisfaction."

"God is all-full. He is self-contained. He is eternal satisfaction."

Swami Sivananda, Indian Philosopher

God, Satisfaction, Self

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"I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong."

"I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong."

John Lennon, English Musician

God, People, Man, Old

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"God loves each of us as if there were only one of us."

"God loves each of us as if there were only one of us."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

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"I went to Concord, a young woman from the backwoods, firm in belief that Emerson was the first of living men. He was the modern Moses who had talked with God apart and could interpret Him to us."

"I went to Concord, a young woman from the backwoods, firm in belief that Emerson was the first of living men. He was the modern Moses who had talked with God apart and could interpret Him to us."

Rebecca H. Davis, American Author

God, Men, Belief, First

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"The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God as if he stood there and they here. This is not so. God and I, we are one in knowledge."

"The knower and the known are one. Simple people imagine that they should see God as if he stood there and they here. This is not so. God and I, we are one in knowledge."

Meister Eckhart, German Philosopher

God, People, Knowledge

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"I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation."

"I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation."

Harriet Beecher Stowe, American Author

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"Therefore, if God existed, only in one way could he serve human liberty - by ceasing to exist."

"Therefore, if God existed, only in one way could he serve human liberty - by ceasing to exist."

Mikhail Bakunin, Russian Revolutionary

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"My desire is to walk with God every day."

"My desire is to walk with God every day."

Janine Turner, American Actress

God, Day, Desire

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"A conscience without God is like a court without a judge."

"A conscience without God is like a court without a judge."

Alphonse de Lamartine, French Poet

God, Conscience, Court

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"God forbid you got seasick because there was no option to go back. So that really did force us to be a group."

"God forbid you got seasick because there was no option to go back. So that really did force us to be a group."

John C. Reilly, American Actor

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"Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot consider how He is but only how He is not."

"Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot consider how He is but only how He is not."

Thomas Aquinas, Italian Theologian

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"Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conquerer. Kill everyone, and you are a god."

"Kill a man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conquerer. Kill everyone, and you are a god."

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

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