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Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for...more

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Knowlege of God without knowledge of man's wretchedness leads to pride. Knowledge of man's wretchedness without knowledge of God leads to despair. Kno...more

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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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Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.

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Just as all things speak about God to those that know Him, and reveal Him to those that love Him, they also hide Him from all those that neither seek ...more

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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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Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us.

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Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine,...more

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The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

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It is the heart which experiences God not the reason.

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Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

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Fire. God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not of the philosophers and the scholars. I will not forget thy word. Amen.

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Finally, let them recognise that there are two kinds of people one can call reasonable; those who serve God with all their heart because they know Him...more

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If we do not know ourselves to be full of pride, ambition, lust, weakness, misery, and injustice, we are indeed blind. And if, knowing this, we do not...more