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Quotes by Theologian
"We should never argue with the devil about our sins, but we should speak about our sins only with Jesus."
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"Jesus doesn't bring anything up from the wells of human nature--He brings them down from above."
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"Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine."
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"It is the creative potential itself in human beings that is the image of God."
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"You've got to be success minded. You've got to feel that things are coming your way when you're out selling; otherwise, you won't be able to sell anything."
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"The achievements which society rewards are won at the cost of diminution of personality."
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"Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith."
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"Language... has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone."
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"Custom is second nature."
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"It is always the case that when the Christian looks back, he is looking at the forgiveness of sins."
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"Truth never yet fell dead in the streets; it has such affinity with the soul of man, the seed however broadcast will catch somewhere and produce its hundredfold."
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"Whether the angels play only Bach praising God, I am not quite sure. I am sure, however, that en famille they play Mozart."
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"Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guests are there, and He has to turn away. He cannot gain entry, for we love and desire other things; therefore, His gifts, which He is offering to everyone unceasingly, must remain outside."
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"Politics are not the task of a Christian."
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"Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone; therefore we are saved by love."
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"Let it ever be remembered that genuine faith in Christ will ever be productive of good works; for this faith worketh by love, as the apostle says, and love to God always produces obedience to his holy laws."
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"Jesus Christ is the beginning, the middle, and the end of all. In the Gospels he walks in human form upon the earth, and accomplishes the work of redemption."
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"To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin."
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"From here it sounds great to say we'll all get together soon, but all I know is this: you can call me fifty days or fifty years from now and I'll be glad to see you."
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"If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals, you are telling the truth, though if that is all you say, you are distorting the truth."
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"The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user."
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"Don't speak evil of someone if you don't know for certain, and if you do know ask yourself, why am I telling it?"
Evil,
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"The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert."
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"The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them."
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"No God without a world, and no world without God."
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"Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away."
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"I would no more quarrel with a man because of his religion than I would because of his art."
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"The kingdom of God is a theocracy. And as it is the only form of government which will redeem and save mankind, it is necessary that every soul should be rightly and thoroughly instructed in regard to its nature and general characteristics."
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"If we really want to achieve true prayer, we must turn our backs upon everything temporal, everything external, everything that is not divine."
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"A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing."
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"The tendency to claim God as an ally for our partisan value and ends is the source of all religious fanaticism."
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"Life is a battle between faith and reason in which each feeds upon the other, drawing sustenance from it and destroying it."
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"To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power."
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"Look, the hard-line Jewish position is based, to this day, on the idea that the Palestinian Arabs somehow or other will either accept third-class status, or they will pick up and go away. Now, this isn't happening."
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"An order of government, established by such an all-wise, powerful being, must be good and perfect, and must be calculated to promote the permanent peace, happiness, and well-being of all his subjects."
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"The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul."
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"I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith."
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"Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them."
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"Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge."
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"Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts."
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"Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God."
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"Nothing that we despise in other men is inherently absent from ourselves. We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or don't do, and more in light of what they suffer."
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"To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ."
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"Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in a lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope."
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"Some have said that the power of a Redeemer would depend upon two things: first, upon the richness of the self that was given; and second, upon the depths of the giving. Friend and foe alike are agreed on the question of the character of Jesus Christ."
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"The church can only defend its own space by fighting, not for space, but for the salvation of the world. Otherwise the church becomes a "religious society" that fights in its own interest and thus has ceased to be the church of God in the world."
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"One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity."
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