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He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.

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The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

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When I see the blind and wretched state of men, when I survey the whole universe in its deadness, and man left to himself with no light, as though los...more

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Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction a sign of truth.

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The last advance of reason is to recognize that it is surpassed by innumerable things it is feeble if it cannot realize that.

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He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright

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The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.

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Love has reasons which reason cannot understand.

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It is man's natural sickness to believe that he possesses the truth.

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Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

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It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.

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Δύο υπερβολές : ν' αποκλείουμε το Λόγο, και να μη δεχόμαστε παρά μόνο το Λόγο.

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No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin none of the philosophical sects has admitted it none therefore has spoken the truth

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The knowledge of God without that of man's misery causes pride. The knowledge of man's misery without that of God causes despair. The knowledge of Jes...more

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The heart has its order, the mind has its own, which uses principles and demonstrations. The heart has a different one. We do not prove that we ought ...more