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> [“Paul said that God gave pastors, teachers, and elders to the church so that they could teach the rest of us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-chan/paul-said-that-god-gave-pastors-teachers-and-elders-to-the-church-so/)

[Francis Chan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-chan/)

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> [There is a breeze blowing. I see it in the deep discontent that is being voiced with the threadbare state of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-f-wells/there-is-a-breeze-blowing-i-see-it-in-the-deep-discontent-that-is/)

[David F. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-f-wells/)

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> [“That's what I've never been able to get about religion: that charmless combination of altruism and insanity. Give me a cynical, self-interested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-carey/that-s-what-i-ve-never-been-able-to-get-about-religion-that-charmless/)

[Mike Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-carey/)

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> [“There they are. The extreme definiteness with which they stand, now a brilliant white, again yellow, and in some lights red, imposes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/there-they-are-the-extreme-definiteness-with-which-they-stand-now-a/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

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> [ “...\[T\]hose who care about their souls and do not subordinate them to the body dissociate themselves firmly from these others and refuse… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/t-hose-who-care-about-their-souls-and-do-not-subordinate-them-to-the/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

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> [“Rather than some boozy lunch with editors and sponsored parties, we cut right to the chase. We have editorial integrity, we don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/rather-than-some-boozy-lunch-with-editors-and-sponsored-parties-we/)

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

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> [In this book it is spoken of the Sephiroth and the Paths; of Spirits and Conjurations; of Gods, Spheres, Planes, and many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aleister-crowley/in-this-book-it-is-spoken-of-the-sephiroth-and-the-paths-of-spirits/)

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

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> [“...religions all have the same timeline...First the people feel the need to worship something. The sun or the giant corn of ear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carol-anshaw/religions-all-have-the-same-timeline-first-the-people-feel-the-need/)

[Carol Anshaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carol-anshaw/)

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> [Every religion, Eastern and Western, has the same archetype of benevolent guides in Heaven helping us, whether they are called bodhisattvas, deities,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doreen-virtue/every-religion-eastern-and-western-has-the-same-archetype-of/)

[Doreen Virtue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doreen-virtue/)

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> [I've decided that if I had my life to live over again, I would not only climb more mountains, swim more rivers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/i-ve-decided-that-if-i-had-my-life-to-live-over-again-i-would-not/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

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> [I did not worry about what a man or woman personally believed, but the nation's official religion should be outwardly practiced by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-george/i-did-not-worry-about-what-a-man-or-woman-personally-believed-but-the/)

[Margaret George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-george/)

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> [In many cultures it is customary to answer that God created the universe out of nothing. But this is mere temporizing. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-sagan/in-many-cultures-it-is-customary-to-answer-that-god-created-the/)

[Carl Sagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-sagan/)

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> [Given the imperfections of our society and the apparent downward spiral of spiritual and moral values in recent years, thinking has become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-scott-peck-2/given-the-imperfections-of-our-society-and-the-apparent-downward/)

[M Scott Peck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-scott-peck-2/)

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> [“When we are caught in notions, rituals, and the outer forms of the practice, not only can we not receive and embody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/th-ch-nh-t-h-nh/when-we-are-caught-in-notions-rituals-and-the-outer-forms-of-the/)

[Thích Nhất Hạnh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/th-ch-nh-t-h-nh/)

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> [“If the veil could be parted and we could see the world of spirit, we would likely discover many among them our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-fielding-smith/if-the-veil-could-be-parted-and-we-could-see-the-world-of-spirit-we/)

[Joseph Fielding Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-fielding-smith/)

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> [“Thus the effect of his gift of wisdom is to make us more humble, more joyful, more godly, more quick-sighted as to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-i-packer-2/thus-the-effect-of-his-gift-of-wisdom-is-to-make-us-more-humble-more/)

[J.I. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-i-packer-2/)

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> [“There is no god, and that's the simple truth. If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penn-jillette/there-is-no-god-and-that-s-the-simple-truth-if-every-trace-of-any/)

[Penn Jillette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penn-jillette/)

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> [“Everybody's born to do a certain thing and if you're dead jimmy you've found it. And if you're good at something, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-scott/everybody-s-born-to-do-a-certain-thing-and-if-you-re-dead-jimmy-you/)

[Mike Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-scott/)

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> [“Spirituality reflects the most sophisticated mindset and the most power force available for the transformation of human suffering – whether some is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/spirituality-reflects-the-most-sophisticated-mindset-and-the-most/)

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

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> [Now you are changed people. Your personality is different. It's shining through your spirit. In that spirit, you have to see everything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/now-you-are-changed-people-your-personality-is-different-it-s-shining/)

[Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/)

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> [You have to think about, for me to get to a place to walk away from 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta,' to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/porsha-williams/you-have-to-think-about-for-me-to-get-to-a-place-to-walk-away-from/)

[Porsha Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/porsha-williams/)

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> [Some Muslim lobby groups have argued that Christian groups already have public funding for their schools and services so they should too.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/munira-mirza/some-muslim-lobby-groups-have-argued-that-christian-groups-already/)

[Munira Mirza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/munira-mirza/)

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> [“The only difference between nature and grace is this, that what the trees and the flowers do unconsciously, as they drink in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-murray/the-only-difference-between-nature-and-grace-is-this-that-what-the/)

[Andrew Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-murray/)

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> [Humility, or poverty of spirit, is not a matter of thinking low thoughts about ourselves. It is not a matter of groveling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-w-miller/humility-or-poverty-of-spirit-is-not-a-matter-of-thinking-low/)

[John W. Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-w-miller/)

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> [If the knowledge of torture of others makes you sick, it is a case of sympathy... It can be argued that behaviour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/if-the-knowledge-of-torture-of-others-makes-you-sick-it-is-a-case-of/)

[Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/)

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> [“I ended my first book with the words 'no answer.' I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis/i-ended-my-first-book-with-the-words-no-answer-i-know-now-lord-why/)

[C. S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis/)

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> [Now see what a Christian is, drawn by the hand of Christ. He is a man on whose clear and open brow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-william-robertson/now-see-what-a-christian-is-drawn-by-the-hand-of-christ-he-is-a-man/)

[Frederick William Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-william-robertson/)

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> [“As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-bridges/as-for-you-you-were-dead-in-your-transgressions-and-sins-in-which-you/)

[Jerry Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-bridges/)

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> [The God whom we worship is not a weak and incompetent God. He is able to beat back gigantic waves of opposition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther/the-god-whom-we-worship-is-not-a-weak-and-incompetent-god-he-is-able/)

[Martin Luther](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther/)

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> [From the mount of salvation somewhere in the etheric octave I descend, not alone to this place but all the way to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearls-of-wisdom/from-the-mount-of-salvation-somewhere-in-the-etheric-octave-i-descend/)

[Pearls Of Wisdom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearls-of-wisdom/)

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> [A little criticism makes me angry, and a little rejection makes me depressed. A little praise raises my spirits, and a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-nouwen/a-little-criticism-makes-me-angry-and-a-little-rejection-makes-me/)

[Henri Nouwen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henri-nouwen/)

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> [“One of the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is the one to the effect that religious opinions should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/one-of-the-most-irrational-of-all-the-conventions-of-modern-society-2/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

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> [I have a cousin who is a spiritual advisor for Native veterans in Canada, so I'm very familiar with the history of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-beach/i-have-a-cousin-who-is-a-spiritual-advisor-for-native-veterans-in/)

[Adam Beach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-beach/)

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> [“The heart and the spirit also shed. They shed the emotions and experiences that we no longer need. They shed the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iyanla-vanzant/the-heart-and-the-spirit-also-shed-they-shed-the-emotions-and/)

[Iyanla Vanzant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iyanla-vanzant/)

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> [“The problem is this: nature has assembled all these species on this planet. The human species is no more important than any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/u-g-krishnamurti/the-problem-is-this-nature-has-assembled-all-these-species-on-this/)

[U.G. Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/u-g-krishnamurti/)

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> [“The idea that any one of our religions represents the infallible word of the One True God requires an encyclopedic ignorance of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/the-idea-that-any-one-of-our-religions-represents-the-infallible-word-2/)

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

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> [On the question of marriage, as in all other respects, Lutheranism is a compromise, a bridge between two logical views of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-key/on-the-question-of-marriage-as-in-all-other-respects-lutheranism-is-a/)

[Ellen Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-key/)

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> [The need to proclaim Christ boldly and courageously is a continuing priority for the Church; indeed it is a solemn duty laid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-benedict-xvi/the-need-to-proclaim-christ-boldly-and-courageously-is-a-continuing/)

[Pope Benedict XVI](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-benedict-xvi/)

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> [“First, the ambiguity of the genitive “of/about Jesus Christ” (Iēsou Christou) is best left as just that. Commentators disagree on whether this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-t-pennington/first-the-ambiguity-of-the-genitive-of-about-jesus-christ-i-sou/)

[Jonathan T. Pennington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-t-pennington/)

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> [An armchair Jungian would say the whole thing is about my own ongoing spiritual search. My interior life has always been one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/an-armchair-jungian-would-say-the-whole-thing-is-about-my-own-ongoing/)

[David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/)

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                        "text": "There is a breeze blowing. I see it in the deep discontent that is being voiced with the threadbare state of the evangelical world, with its empty worship, its market-driven superficiality, and its trivial thought. It is a breeze blowing toward better, deeper, more honest things. I suspect that it is the Holy Spirit who is blowing, that this is his breeze, and that these leaves that are shaking are the signs of better things to come within an evangelical faith that is thus being reformed. Let us all pray that it is so!",
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                        "text": "“There they are. The extreme definiteness with which they stand, now a brilliant white, again yellow, and in some lights red, imposes ideas of durability, of the emergence through the earth of some spiritual energy elsewhere dissipated in elegant trifles. But durability exists independently of our admiration. Although the beauty is sufficiently humane to weaken us, to stir the deep deposit of mud - memories, abandonments, regrets, sentimental devotions - the Parthenon is separate from all that; and if you consider how it has stood out at night, for centuries, you begin to connect the blaze (at midnight the glare is dazzling and the frieze almost invisible) with the idea that perhaps it is beauty alone that is immortal.”",
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                        "text": "“...[T]hose who care about their souls and do not subordinate them to the body dissociate themselves firmly from these others and refuse to accompany them on their haphazard journey; and, believing that it is wrong to oppose philosophy with her offer of liberation and purification, they turn and follow her wherever she leads...”",
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                        "text": "In this book it is spoken of the Sephiroth and the Paths; of Spirits and Conjurations; of Gods, Spheres, Planes, and many other things which may or may not exist. It is immaterial whether these exist or not. By doing certain things certain results will follow; students are most earnestly warned against attributing objective reality or philosophic validity to any of them.",
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                        "text": "“...religions all have the same timeline...First the people feel the need to worship something. The sun or the giant corn of ear. That's the first thing. Then the guys say okay, now that we've got the giant corn thing going, how can we use it to oppress women?”",
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                        "text": "Every religion, Eastern and Western, has the same archetype of benevolent guides in Heaven helping us, whether they are called bodhisattvas, deities, devas, or angels, as they are called by the monotheistic religions of the West. Angels can unite people across religious and spiritual divides. Angels are something we all agree on. Nobody fights about angels.",
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                        "text": "I've decided that if I had my life to live over again, I would not only climb more mountains, swim more rivers, and watch more sunsets; I wouldn't only jettison my hot water bottle, raincoat, umbrella, parachute, and raft; I would not only go barefoot earlier in the spring and stay out later in the fall; but I would devote not one more minute to monitoring my spiritual growth. No, not one.",
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                        "text": "I did not worry about what a man or woman personally believed, but the nation's official religion should be outwardly practiced by all its citizens. A religion was a political statement. Being a Calvinist, a papist, a Presbyterian, an Anglican labeled a person's philosophy on education, taxes, poor relief, and other secular things. The nation needed an accepted position on such concerns. Hence the fines for not outwardly conforming to the national church.",
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                        "text": "In many cultures it is customary to answer that God created the universe out of nothing. But this is mere temporizing. If we wish courageously to pursue the question, we must, of course ask next where God comes from? And if we decide this to be unanswerable, why not save a step and conclude that the universe has always existed?",
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                        "text": "Now see what a Christian is, drawn by the hand of Christ. He is a man on whose clear and open brow God has set the stamp of truth; one whose very eye beams bright with honor; in whose very look and bearing you may see freedom, manliness, veracity; a brave man--a noble man--frank, generous, true, with, it may be, many faults; whose freedom may take the form of impetuosity or rashness, but the form of meanness never.",
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                        "text": "“As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved. Again we see the contrast drawn so sharply between our ruin and God’s remedy. In verses 1-3, Paul described us as dead in our sins, under the sway of Satan, captivated by the world, prisoners of our own sinful lusts, and objects of God’s holy wrath. Could any picture be more dark, any background more contrasting?”",
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