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> [The recurring theme of all religions is a sympathy, empathy, connection, capacity between the human and the divine - that we were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rohr/the-recurring-theme-of-all-religions-is-a-sympathy-empathy-connection/)

[Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rohr/)

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> [“No matter how much individuals do through their own efforts, they cannot actively purify themselves enough to be disposed in the least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-de-la-cruz/no-matter-how-much-individuals-do-through-their-own-efforts-they/)

[Juan de la Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juan-de-la-cruz/)

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> [The soul that is attached to anything however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-john-of-the-cross/the-soul-that-is-attached-to-anything-however-much-good-there-may-be/)

[St John Of The Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-john-of-the-cross/)

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> [My goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive: the ecstasy of divine union through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-jackson/my-goal-in-life-is-to-give-to-the-world-what-i-was-lucky-to-receive/)

[Michael Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-jackson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/michael-jackson-411_dance_my-goal-in-life-is-to-give-to-the-world_2450959.jpg)

> [Prayer is more than thoughts and feelings expressed in words. It is the opening of mind and heart - our whole being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-j-foster/prayer-is-more-than-thoughts-and-feelings-expressed-in-words-it-is/)

[Richard J. Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-j-foster/)

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