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> [Mediocre people often have a tinge of religion about them, but it is only a tinge. They take their religion as it comes. They may pray and worship more or less regularly, and they usually stay clear of publicly disgraceful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dubay/mediocre-people-often-have-a-tinge-of-religion-about-them-but-it-is/)

[Thomas Dubay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dubay/)

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## More by Thomas Dubay

> [The acute experience of great beauty readily evokes a nameless yearning for something more than earth can offer. Elegant splendor reawakens our spirit's aching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dubay/the-acute-experience-of-great-beauty-readily-evokes-a-nameless/)

[Thomas Dubay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dubay/)

> [Mediocre people often have a tinge of religion about them, but it is only a tinge. They take their religion as it comes. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dubay/mediocre-people-often-have-a-tinge-of-religion-about-them-but-it-is/)

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> [Creation is a book proclaiming the Creator. It is a book of beauty that our intellect reads, but through the passageways of our five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dubay/creation-is-a-book-proclaiming-the-creator-it-is-a-book-of-beauty/)

[Thomas Dubay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dubay/)

> [“The value of negative things derives, must derive, from something positive, something they make possible.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dubay/the-value-of-negative-things-derives-must-derive-from-something/)

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> [It is the saints who know what being in love is all about. Earthly love pales by comparison.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dubay/it-is-the-saints-who-know-what-being-in-love-is-all-about-earthly/)

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> [“Wonder at reality demands the humility to sit at the foot of a dandelion. The proud are so full of themselves that there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dubay/wonder-at-reality-demands-the-humility-to-sit-at-the-foot-of-a/)

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> [“Though Jesus was in torture on the cross, He thought of praying for His persecutors, of caring for His mother, of securing the good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dubay/though-jesus-was-in-torture-on-the-cross-he-thought-of-praying-for/)

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> [Boredom comes not from reality but from people who are only half alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dubay/boredom-comes-not-from-reality-but-from-people-who-are-only-half-alive/)

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> [“You can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity.” —Richard Feynman, Nobel laureate in physics”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dubay/you-can-recognize-truth-by-its-beauty-and-simplicity-richard-feynman/)

[Thomas Dubay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-dubay/)

> [Beauty is necessarily shrouded in mystery--which is part of its splendour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dubay/beauty-is-necessarily-shrouded-in-mystery-which-is-part-of-its-2/)

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> [The main problem in developing a deep prayer life is by far the failure to live the radicality of the Gospel, hour by hour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-dubay/the-main-problem-in-developing-a-deep-prayer-life-is-by-far-the/)

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