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↑ top up position down The fact that I suspect I'm an asshole means I probably am not, because a real asshole… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
The person who truly wishes to be healed is he who does not refuse treatment. This treatment consists of the pain and… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
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For truth itself does not have the privilege to be employed at any time and in every way; its use, noble as… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I love the sea but it does not love me. The sea is like a desert in that it is quite rightly… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
The believing man does not claim to understand. He falls to his knees and whispers, "God." The man of earth kneels also,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Christianity offers the only viable, reasonable, definitive answer to the questions of Where did I come from? Why am I here? Where… — Tom DeLay Copy Share Image
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God does not look at riches, titles, education, or beauty. There is only one thing that God does look at, and that… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
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Why only hate? Where does love remain? Or at least a little decency toward other people? — Friedrich Kellner Copy Share Image
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