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> [“No questions, no excuses, none of this who-am-I, what-am-I, where-am-I crap, not a grain of self-mistrust or the slightest impulse toward spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/no-questions-no-excuses-none-of-this-who-am-i-what-am-i-where-am-i/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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> [“it is a messy process for a culture to abandon its deities. Spiritual beliefs are etched deeply on our psyches at a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/it-is-a-messy-process-for-a-culture-to-abandon-its-deities-spiritual/)

[Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/)

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> [“There is another life both for you and for me,’ said I. ‘If it be the will of God that we should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bronte/there-is-another-life-both-for-you-and-for-me-said-i-if-it-be-the/)

[Anne Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bronte/)

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> [If you want to serve the universe, the obvious place to begin is right where you are. That's where I began. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peace-pilgrim/if-you-want-to-serve-the-universe-the-obvious-place-to-begin-is-right/)

[Peace Pilgrim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peace-pilgrim/)

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> [Ordinary Bibles often include cross-references and brief concordances; Study Bibles include much more, all bound up in one fat volume, so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/ordinary-bibles-often-include-cross-references-and-brief-concordances/)

[D. A. Carson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-a-carson/)

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> [Either melt by devotion the sense of separateness, or burn it by knowledge-for what is it that melts or burns? Only that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anandamayi-ma/either-melt-by-devotion-the-sense-of-separateness-or-burn-it-by/)

[Anandamayi Ma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anandamayi-ma/)

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> [“I guess I liked the idea that... well, that there might be some kind of larger meaning to life or whatever. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-park/i-guess-i-liked-the-idea-that-well-that-there-might-be-some-kind-of/)

[Jessica Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-park/)

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> [“Topical preaching, polemical preaching, historical preaching, and other forms of sermonic output have, one supposes, their rightful and opportune uses. But expository…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-m-bounds/topical-preaching-polemical-preaching-historical-preaching-and-other/)

[E.M. Bounds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-m-bounds/)

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> [Christian churches and Muslim groups have no more right to have their say than women's institutes or trades unions. The government has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-c-grayling/christian-churches-and-muslim-groups-have-no-more-right-to-have-their/)

[A.C. Grayling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-c-grayling/)

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> [“By reading quotes i realized that some of them containing simple words, but this simple words could change our lives. how if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abood-dweik/by-reading-quotes-i-realized-that-some-of-them-containing-simple/)

[Abood Dweik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abood-dweik/)

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> [“No dependence can be placed upon our natural qualities, or our spiritual attainments; but God abideth faithful. He is faithful in His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-h-spurgeon/no-dependence-can-be-placed-upon-our-natural-qualities-or-our/)

[Charles H. Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-h-spurgeon/)

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> [“scholarship together with down-to-earth writing, Tabletalk helps you understand the Bible and apply it to daily living. Trusted theological resource— Tabletalk avoids…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-2/scholarship-together-with-down-to-earth-writing-tabletalk-helps-you/)

[R.C. Sproul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-c-sproul-2/)

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> [“No more quickly can a person rob you of your joy and peace than when that individual succeeds at making you feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/no-more-quickly-can-a-person-rob-you-of-your-joy-and-peace-than-when/)

[C. JoyBell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-joybell-c/)

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> [“There were no religious images in the churches or synagogues of our childhood that celebrated the birthing powers of women. According to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-lynn-reilly/there-were-no-religious-images-in-the-churches-or-synagogues-of-our/)

[Patricia Lynn Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-lynn-reilly/)

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> [“There are some things in life we know to be true, beyond logic or reason, science or faith. Irresistible truths, they're called,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-grace/there-are-some-things-in-life-we-know-to-be-true-beyond-logic-or/)

[Melody Grace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-grace/)

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> [Above all, good leaders are open. They go up, down, and around their organization to reach people. They don't stick to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-welch/above-all-good-leaders-are-open-they-go-up-down-and-around-their/)

[Jack Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-welch/)

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> [“of how we live our lives must encompass ALL scripture, not just what sounds good or what we are familiar with, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandy-dillon/of-how-we-live-our-lives-must-encompass-all-scripture-not-just-what/)

[Brandy Dillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandy-dillon/)

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> [Better that only a few Catholics should be left, staunch and sincere in their religion, than that they should, remaining many, desire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-canisius/better-that-only-a-few-catholics-should-be-left-staunch-and-sincere/)

[Peter Canisius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-canisius/)

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> [“According to Jesus, acknowledging our neediness opens the door to genuine and lasting happiness. Religions usually talk about what a person has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-e-miller/according-to-jesus-acknowledging-our-neediness-opens-the-door-to/)

[Paul E. Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-e-miller/)

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> [“There is also a context constituted by the formation of the literature into a larger whole, a context that is literary and/or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-w-l-moberly/there-is-also-a-context-constituted-by-the-formation-of-the/)

[R.W.L. Moberly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-w-l-moberly/)

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> [How long must the church live before it will learn that strength is won by action, and success by work, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-g-holland/how-long-must-the-church-live-before-it-will-learn-that-strength-is/)

[J. G. Holland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-g-holland/)

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> [“Our villagers are born to religion. But they show no interest in that aspect of religion which means unity,friendship,love and respect for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/our-villagers-are-born-to-religion-but-they-show-no-interest-in-that/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“We are not called to give lifestyle tips or the self-help plumbing that today's worldly men and women crave. The Bible says…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-d-phillips/we-are-not-called-to-give-lifestyle-tips-or-the-self-help-plumbing/)

[Richard D. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-d-phillips/)

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> [The anger I felt when the ACLU tried to disenfranchise me because my religious stayed with me. These are dangerous people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-hyde/the-anger-i-felt-when-the-aclu-tried-to-disenfranchise-me-because-my/)

[Henry Hyde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-hyde/)

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> [I love a serious preacher, who speaks for my sake and not for his own; who seeks my salvation, and not his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-massillon/i-love-a-serious-preacher-who-speaks-for-my-sake-and-not-for-his-own/)

[Jean Baptiste Massillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-baptiste-massillon/)

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> [“Does the evolutionary doctrine clash with religious faith? It does not. It is a blunder to mistake the Holy Scriptures for elementary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodosius-dobzhansky/does-the-evolutionary-doctrine-clash-with-religious-faith-it-does-not-3/)

[Theodosius Dobzhansky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodosius-dobzhansky/)

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> [Torrents of blood have been spilt in the old world, by vain attempts of the secular arm, to extinguish Religious discord, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/torrents-of-blood-have-been-spilt-in-the-old-world-by-vain-attempts/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [“In some ways I admire Aunt Helen's unwavering certainty in God's divine plan. It must be comforting, to have faith like that.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-harrington/in-some-ways-i-admire-aunt-helen-s-unwavering-certainty-in-god-s/)

[Hannah Harrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-harrington/)

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> [This is of monumental significance. The gift has been given - what we make of it is up to us. Unless we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-burton-howard/this-is-of-monumental-significance-the-gift-has-been-given-what-we/)

[F. Burton Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-burton-howard/)

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> [On the whole, I now see my work as being an expression of my spiritual life and, because I look at it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/forest-whitaker/on-the-whole-i-now-see-my-work-as-being-an-expression-of-my-spiritual/)

[Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/forest-whitaker/)

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> [When you put a halo on concepts - gender roles, religion, nationality or pride - or you put a halo on any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-mangan/when-you-put-a-halo-on-concepts-gender-roles-religion-nationality-or/)

[Dan Mangan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-mangan/)

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> [The sun with loving light makes bright for me each day, the soul with spirit power gives strength unto my limbs. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudolf-steiner/the-sun-with-loving-light-makes-bright-for-me-each-day-the-soul-with/)

[Rudolf Steiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudolf-steiner/)

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> [We're a Muslim family, but we're also very cultured and we have a mixture of different religions. For example, my brother-in-law is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rima-fakih/we-re-a-muslim-family-but-we-re-also-very-cultured-and-we-have-a/)

[Rima Fakih](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rima-fakih/)

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> [I tell you, we would be hard put to determine what is more evil -- religion or the pure idea. The intervention…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-rice/i-tell-you-we-would-be-hard-put-to-determine-what-is-more-evil/)

[Anne Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-rice/)

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> [Personal growth can be painful, because it can make us feel ashamed and humiliated to face our own darkness. But our spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/personal-growth-can-be-painful-because-it-can-make-us-feel-ashamed/)

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

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> [“The spiritual dance has no other purpose, no other aim than to elevate humankind beyond self thought, to joy, to bliss, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/murshid-samuel-l-lewis/the-spiritual-dance-has-no-other-purpose-no-other-aim-than-to-elevate/)

[Murshid Samuel L. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/murshid-samuel-l-lewis/)

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> [To you, Sovereign Grand Inspectors General (33rd Degree Masons), we say this, that you may repeat it to the Brethren of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-pike/to-you-sovereign-grand-inspectors-general-33rd-degree-masons-we-say/)

[Albert Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-pike/)

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> [“It may interest you that, a day or so ago, attempting to discuss your ideas with regard to sex and religion ,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleister-crowley/it-may-interest-you-that-a-day-or-so-ago-attempting-to-discuss-your/)

[Aleister Crowley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aleister-crowley/)

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> [There are few things sweeter in this world than the guileless, hotheaded, intemperate, open admiration of a junior. Even a woman in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/there-are-few-things-sweeter-in-this-world-than-the-guileless/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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> [“We must live a twofold life—a life of thought and action, of silent prayer and earnest work. The strength received through communion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-g-white/we-must-live-a-twofold-life-a-life-of-thought-and-action-of-silent/)

[Ellen G. White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-g-white/)

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                        "text": "“No dependence can be placed upon our natural qualities, or our spiritual attainments; but God abideth faithful. He is faithful in His love; He knows no variableness, neither shadow of turning. He is faithful to His purpose; He doth not begin a work and then leave it undone. He is faithful to His relationships; as a Father He will not renounce His children, as a friend He will not deny His people, as a Creator He will not forsake the work of His own hands.”",
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                        "text": "This is of monumental significance. The gift has been given - what we make of it is up to us. Unless we listen to counsel we will receive none. Unless we pray, exercise faith, love, obey, and keep the tabernacles of our spirits clean - we can have no claim upon this unspeakable gift. May we so live as to have the guidance of the Holy Spirit to help us make wise decisions.",
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