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> [Humor must be one of the chief attributes of God. Plants and animals that are distinctly humorous in form and characteristics are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/humor-must-be-one-of-the-chief-attributes-of-god-plants-and-animals/)

[Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/)

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> [Rather than accepting that we are the loving beings that He created, we have arrogantly thought that we could create ourselves, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/rather-than-accepting-that-we-are-the-loving-beings-that-he-created/)

[Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/)

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> [The expression of Christian character is not good doing, but God-likeness. If the Spirit of God has transformed you within, you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oswald-chambers/the-expression-of-christian-character-is-not-good-doing-but-god/)

[Oswald Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oswald-chambers/)

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> [“In the face of God's obvious inadequacies, the pious have generally held that one cannot apply earthly norms to the Creator of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/in-the-face-of-god-s-obvious-inadequacies-the-pious-have-generally/)

[Sam Harris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-harris/)

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> [The gnosis of God is intermediate between immoderation, which is ascribing human characteristics to God, and negligence, which is denying any attributes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-ata-allah/the-gnosis-of-god-is-intermediate-between-immoderation-which-is/)

[Ibn Ata Allah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-ata-allah/)

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