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Quotes by Theologian
"Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community."
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"I believe that in the end the truth will conquer."
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"It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are together en famille they play Mozart."
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"Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine."
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"Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back."
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"The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children."
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"We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it."
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"We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too."
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"How can a rabbi not live with doubt? The Bible itself is a book of doubt."
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"Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil powers are ordained of God, but in the sense that ministers derive their authority from Christ, and not from the people."
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"Do not bury our glorious orthodoxy in the treacherous pit of a spurious conservatism."
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"God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray."
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"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."
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"The courage to be is rooted in the God who appears when God has disappeared in the anxiety of doubt."
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"Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious."
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"If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else."
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"I'm so thankful for the active obedience of Christ. No hope without it."
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"All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors."
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"In spite of the haze of speculation, it is still something of a shock to find myself here, coming to terms with an enormous trust placed in my hands and with the inevitable sense of inadequacy that goes with that."
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"Continuing a Lenten series on prayer: Prayer is co-operation with God. It is the purest exercise of the faculties God has given us - an exercise that links these faculties with the Maker to work out the intentions He had in mind in their creation."
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"Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt."
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"You will not be carried to Heaven lying at ease upon a feather bed."
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"Politics are not the task of a Christian."
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"Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain."
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"Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory."
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"My purpose is to have American Jews look away from the success story with which they've cheered themselves up, and to have them remember the classical tradition, whatever it is."
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"Grace is everywhere as an active orientation of all created reality toward God."
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"The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy."
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"In essentials, unity; in differences, liberty; in all things, charity."
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"Christ himself wrote nothing, but furnished endless material for books and songs of gratitude and praise."
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"Original sin is the only rational solution of the undeniable fact of the deep, universal and early manifested sinfulness of men in all ages, of every class, and in every part of the world."
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"How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God."
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"Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand."
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"Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems."
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"Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door."
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"Wonder is from surprise, and surprise stops with experience."
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"Think it not hard if you get not your will, nor your delights in this life; God will have you to rejoice in nothing but himself."
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"In spite of the polls, the fact is that American Muslims are very happy and they thrive in this country."
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"When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, "I can't.""
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"Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect."
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"Rest, rest, shall I have not all eternity to rest."
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"Each atom of the Holy Spirit is intelligent, and like all other matter has solidity, form, and size, and occupies space."
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