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title: "Top Religion Sayings"
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> [“Blessings on the poor in spirit! The kingdom of heaven is yours” (Matt. 5:3) doesn’t mean, “You will go to heaven when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-t-wright/blessings-on-the-poor-in-spirit-the-kingdom-of-heaven-is-yours-matt-5/)

[N.T. Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-t-wright/)

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> [“Religious faith—for all its problems, despite its maddening tendency to replicate ungrace—lives on because we sense the numinous beauty of a gift…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-yancey/religious-faith-for-all-its-problems-despite-its-maddening-tendency/)

[Philip Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-yancey/)

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> [Even if it is true that all cultures share a common morality, why does this prove a supreme intelligence? After all, don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-barker/even-if-it-is-true-that-all-cultures-share-a-common-morality-why-does/)

[Dan Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-barker/)

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> [We can't say what God is, and until the modern period, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim theologians in the three God religions all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-armstrong/we-can-t-say-what-god-is-and-until-the-modern-period-jewish-christian/)

[Karen Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-armstrong/)

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> [The symbol of all relationships among such men, the moral symbol of respect for human beings, is the trader. We, who live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/the-symbol-of-all-relationships-among-such-men-the-moral-symbol-of/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [“Magic is that paganistic reversal of the process of religion, in which man, instead of letting himself be used by God for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geerhardus-vos/magic-is-that-paganistic-reversal-of-the-process-of-religion-in-which/)

[Geerhardus Vos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geerhardus-vos/)

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> [If I may take the risk of defining what a spiritual experience is, it is one in which pure awareness reveals itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deepak-chopra/if-i-may-take-the-risk-of-defining-what-a-spiritual-experience-is-it/)

[Deepak Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deepak-chopra/)

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> [Evangelical Christian politicians who cheat often raise questions about hypocrisy, especially if they preached piety in public and disregarded it in private.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jodi-kantor/evangelical-christian-politicians-who-cheat-often-raise-questions/)

[Jodi Kantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jodi-kantor/)

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> [Everyone should avoid familiarity or friendship with anyone suspected of belonging to masonry or to affiliated groups. Know them by their fruits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-leo-xiii/everyone-should-avoid-familiarity-or-friendship-with-anyone-suspected/)

[Pope Leo XIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-leo-xiii/)

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> [“The gospel is more radical, more countercultural, more confronting than anything the Bible has to say about men and women, or wealth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-smith/the-gospel-is-more-radical-more-countercultural-more-confronting-than/)

[Claire Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-smith/)

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> [“But faith is not necessarily, or not soon, a resting place. Faith puts you out on a wide river in a boat,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendell-berry/but-faith-is-not-necessarily-or-not-soon-a-resting-place-faith-puts/)

[Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendell-berry/)

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> [Are you never afraid of God's judgement in denying him? Most certainly not. I also deny Zeus and Jupiter and Odin and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/are-you-never-afraid-of-god-s-judgement-in-denying-him-most-certainly/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [“The veil of forgetfulness that divides eternity in two has its own powerful justifications. Philip Barlow, a modern religious scholar, has written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terryl-l-givens/the-veil-of-forgetfulness-that-divides-eternity-in-two-has-its-own/)

[Terryl L. Givens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terryl-l-givens/)

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> [“The Reformation was a time when men went blind, staggering drunk because they had discovered, in the dusty basement of late medievalism,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/the-reformation-was-a-time-when-men-went-blind-staggering-drunk/)

[Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/)

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> [“One of the biggest challenges for people involved in interfaith dialogue is to break down the stereotypes of the "other" that exist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-smock/one-of-the-biggest-challenges-for-people-involved-in-interfaith/)

[David R. Smock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-r-smock/)

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> [I have always endeavoured, as my double duty of believer and sovereign dictated, to follow the precepts of the sacred Book of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/i-have-always-endeavoured-as-my-double-duty-of-believer-and-sovereign/)

[Mohammed Reza Pahlavi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohammed-reza-pahlavi/)

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> [I live for those who love me, Whose hearts are kind and true; For the Heaven that smiles above me, And awaits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-linnaeus-banks/i-live-for-those-who-love-me-whose-hearts-are-kind-and-true-for-the/)

[George Linnaeus Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-linnaeus-banks/)

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> [“It is also worth noting that one can obtain a Ph.D. in any branch of science for no other purpose than to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-harris/it-is-also-worth-noting-that-one-can-obtain-a-ph-d-in-any-branch-of/)

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

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> [At issue was the question whether this man's faith could prevail against a man whose equal faith it was that this society…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whittaker-chambers/at-issue-was-the-question-whether-this-man-s-faith-could-prevail/)

[Whittaker Chambers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whittaker-chambers/)

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> [“What is the nature of the worldly life (sansar)? God lives in every living being of the world, that means if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dada-bhagwan/what-is-the-nature-of-the-worldly-life-sansar-god-lives-in-every/)

[Dada Bhagwan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dada-bhagwan/)

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> [The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-milton/the-end-then-of-learning-is-to-repair-the-ruins-of-our-first-parents/)

[John Milton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-milton/)

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> [I'm not sure if Cupitt himself still uses this term, but it's useful in suggesting that, actually, there are more choices than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-pattison/i-m-not-sure-if-cupitt-himself-still-uses-this-term-but-it-s-useful/)

[George Pattison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-pattison/)

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> [“Disclaimer: While Pastafarianism is the only religion based on empirical evidence, it should also be noted that this is a faith-based book.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-henderson/disclaimer-while-pastafarianism-is-the-only-religion-based-on/)

[Bobby Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-henderson/)

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> […You see, my dear friend, I am made up of contradictions, and I have reached a very mature age without resting upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-see-my-dear-friend-i-am-made-up-of-contradictions-and-i-have/)

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

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> [We were always faced with questions like: What about a religious community like Milli Görüs, which is represented by the Islamic Council?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-schauble/we-were-always-faced-with-questions-like-what-about-a-religious/)

[Wolfgang Schauble](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-schauble/)

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> [Christianity is wild. It’s intimate. It’s heartbreaking and soul-mending. It’s the wings to rise above the everyday and hope of a honeymoon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-james/christianity-is-wild-it-s-intimate-it-s-heartbreaking-and-soul/)

[Steven James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-james/)

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> [“Most spiritual growth, most revelation, most answers to difficult questions require us to wrestle spiritually. There have always been and will always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheri-dew/most-spiritual-growth-most-revelation-most-answers-to-difficult/)

[Sheri Dew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheri-dew/)

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> [I know that I'm just a spirit. I'm just a soul living a human experience. You come here for a purpose. So,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nle-choppa/i-know-that-i-m-just-a-spirit-i-m-just-a-soul-living-a-human/)

[NLE Choppa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nle-choppa/)

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> [The ubiquity of the Divine presence is the only true support, and I am sometimes astonished how persons, who evidently do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-more/the-ubiquity-of-the-divine-presence-is-the-only-true-support-and-i-am/)

[Hannah More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-more/)

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> [One of the great disadvantages of a literary or scriptural tradition like the biblical one is that a deity or context of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-campbell/one-of-the-great-disadvantages-of-a-literary-or-scriptural-tradition/)

[Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-campbell/)

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> [The very pure spirit does not bother about the regard of others or human respect, but communes inwardly with God, alone and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-john-of-the-cross/the-very-pure-spirit-does-not-bother-about-the-regard-of-others-or/)

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

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> [“We are all living in the world, and we are part of what is going on all around us. We have things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahesh-chavda/we-are-all-living-in-the-world-and-we-are-part-of-what-is-going-on/)

[Mahesh Chavda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahesh-chavda/)

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> [“Although the realization of values in a culture may seem on the surface to be concerned merely with the temporal and material,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-r-van-til-2/although-the-realization-of-values-in-a-culture-may-seem-on-the/)

[Henry R Van Til](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-r-van-til-2/)

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> [I have known some good men who have been so addicted to their study, that they have thought the last day of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-owen/i-have-known-some-good-men-who-have-been-so-addicted-to-their-study/)

[John Owen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-owen/)

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> [“I’ve had the best time! The spirit here is incredible. It’s competitive, to be sure, but everyone supports each other. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josie-litton/i-ve-had-the-best-time-the-spirit-here-is-incredible-it-s-competitive/)

[Josie Litton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josie-litton/)

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> [“It is a neglected but essential fact that we cannot appreciate the relationship between religion and violence unless we grasp the nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-david-eller/it-is-a-neglected-but-essential-fact-that-we-cannot-appreciate-the/)

[Jack David Eller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-david-eller/)

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> [“The one created thing which we cannot look at is the one thing in the light of which we look at everything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-k-chesterton/the-one-created-thing-which-we-cannot-look-at-is-the-one-thing-in-the-2/)

[G.K. Chesterton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-k-chesterton/)

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> [“Paul gives us a Biblical picture (remember I said I would try to stick to the Biblical picture). What meaning does baptism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-davis/paul-gives-us-a-biblical-picture-remember-i-said-i-would-try-to-stick/)

[Patrick Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-davis/)

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> [“All religions are inextricably bound to the social, spiritual, and cultural milieux from which they arose and in which they developed. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reza-aslan/all-religions-are-inextricably-bound-to-the-social-spiritual-and/)

[Reza Aslan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/reza-aslan/)

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> [Let me now warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party. The common and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/let-me-now-warn-you-in-the-most-solemn-manner-against-the-baneful/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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                        "text": "“Religious faith—for all its problems, despite its maddening tendency to replicate ungrace—lives on because we sense the numinous beauty of a gift undeserved that comes at unexpected moments from Outside. Refusing to believe that our lives of guilt and shame lead to nothing but annihilation, we hope against hope for another place run by different rules. We grow up hungry for love, and in ways so deep as to remain unexpressed we long for our Maker to love us.”",
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                        "text": "Even if it is true that all cultures share a common morality, why does this prove a supreme intelligence? After all, don't we humanists sometimes claim that there is a common thread of humanistic values running through history across cultural and religious lines?",
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                        "text": "The symbol of all relationships among such men, the moral symbol of respect for human beings, is the trader. We, who live by values, not by loot, are traders, both in matter and in spirit. A trader is a man who earns what he gets and does not give or take the undeserved.",
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                        "text": "Evangelical Christian politicians who cheat often raise questions about hypocrisy, especially if they preached piety in public and disregarded it in private. When Jewish politicians fall, they shatter different expectations, particularly that American Jews need to work together to preserve respectability and fireproof against anti-Semitism.",
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                        "text": "Everyone should avoid familiarity or friendship with anyone suspected of belonging to masonry or to affiliated groups. Know them by their fruits and avoid them. Every familiarity should be avoided, not only with those impious libertines who openly promote the character of the sect, but also with those who hide under the mask of universal tolerance, respect for all religions, and the craving to reconcile the maxims of the Gospel with those of the revolution. These men seek to reconcile Christ and Belial, the Church of God and the state without God.",
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                        "text": "“The gospel is more radical, more countercultural, more confronting than anything the Bible has to say about men and women, or wealth, or sex, or whatever! And so it is entirely worng-footed to think we can silence a 'dificult part of God's word in order to win souls for Christ. Christ is the stumbling block (Romans 9:33) and the miracle of faith is that once we trust in Christ, God enables us by his Spirit to see the truth and wisdom and goodness of all his word and his ways.”",
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                        "text": "“But faith is not necessarily, or not soon, a resting place. Faith puts you out on a wide river in a boat, in the fog, in the dark. Even a man of faith knows that (as Burley Coulter used to say) we've all got to go through enough to kill us.”",
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                        "text": "Are you never afraid of God's judgement in denying him? Most certainly not. I also deny Zeus and Jupiter and Odin and Brahma, but this causes me no qualms. I observe that a very large portion of the human race does not believe in God and suffers no visible punishment in consequence. And if there were a God, I think it very unlikely that He would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence.",
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                        "text": "“The veil of forgetfulness that divides eternity in two has its own powerful justifications. Philip Barlow, a modern religious scholar, has written eloquently of the surprising value of the veil: My impression is that, informed and animated by a thoughtful faith in a wider horizon, the veil quite properly funnels the bulk of our attention to the here and now: on the time, people, problems, and opportunities of this day, this moment. Despite glimpses of eternal purposes that come as gifts and hopes, my life unfolds in tremendous, all-but-complete ignorance of our mysterious universe. There is no proving God to others. Ultimate reality is not something we know; it is something in which we put our trust. . . . The veil is not a curse or cause for existential lament. It is necessary to our stage of progression as beings. While we search, listen, and pray for comfort and direction beyond our sphere, the veil—the necessary epistemic distance from this “beyond”—affords us freedom for independent action not possible if we could literally and readily see God smiling or frowning at each move. And freedom independently to discern and choose between good and evil (morality) and good and bad (quality) is at the core of our purpose, as the powerful mythos of Genesis suggests. The”",
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                        "text": "“The Reformation was a time when men went blind, staggering drunk because they had discovered, in the dusty basement of late medievalism, a whole cellar full of fifteen-hundred-year-old, two-hundred proof Grace–bottle after bottle of pure distilate of Scripture, one sip of which would convince anyone that God saves us single-handedly. The word of the Gospel–after all those centuries of trying to lift yourself into heaven by worrying about the perfection of your bootstraps–suddenly turned out to be a flat announcement that the saved were home before they started…Grace has to be drunk straight: no water, no ice, and certainly no ginger ale; neither goodness, nor badness, not the flowers that bloom in the spring of super spirituality could be allowed to enter into the case.”",
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                        "text": "“One of the biggest challenges for people involved in interfaith dialogue is to break down the stereotypes of the \"other\" that exist within their own religious traditions and groups. Religious groups need to first acknowledge and confess their own role in fostering and contributing to injustice and conflict. (by Cilliers, Ch. 3, p. 49)”",
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                        "text": "I have always endeavoured, as my double duty of believer and sovereign dictated, to follow the precepts of the sacred Book of Islam: precepts of balance, justice and moderation. Although my religious education was very literal, in that I learnt to understand the precepts of the Koran precisely according to the text, we have seen that on several occasions throughout my life, I have felt myself to be very particularly in the hands of the Almighty.",
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                        "text": "I live for those who love me, Whose hearts are kind and true; For the Heaven that smiles above me, And awaits my spirit too; For all human ties that bind me, For the task by God assigned me, For the bright hopes yet to find me, And the good that I can do.",
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                        "text": "“It is also worth noting that one can obtain a Ph.D. in any branch of science for no other purpose than to make cynical use of scientific language in an effort to rationalize the glaring inadequacies of tbe Bible. A handful of Christians appear to have done this; some have even obtained their degrees from reputable universities. No doubt, others will follow in their footsteps. While such people are technically \"scientists,\" they are not behaving like scientists. They simply are not engaged in an honest inquiry into the nature of the universe. And their proclamations about God and the failures of Darwinism do not in the least signify that there is a legitimate scientific controversy about evolution.”",
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                        "text": "At issue was the question whether this man's faith could prevail against a man whose equal faith it was that this society is sick beyond saving, and that mercy itself pleads for its swift extinction and replacement by another.",
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                        "text": "The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.",
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                        "text": "“Disclaimer: While Pastafarianism is the only religion based on empirical evidence, it should also be noted that this is a faith-based book. Attentive readers will note numerous holes and contradictions throughout the text; they will even find blatant lies and exaggerations. These have been placed there to test the reader's faith.”",
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                        "text": "…You see, my dear friend, I am made up of contradictions, and I have reached a very mature age without resting upon anything positive, without having calmed my restless spirit either by religion or philosophy. Undoubtedly I should have gone mad but for music. Music is indeed the most beautiful of all Heaven's gifts to humanity wandering in the darkness. Alone it calms, enlightens, and stills our souls. It is not the straw to which the drowning man clings; but a true friend, refuge, and comforter, for whose sake life is worth living",
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                        "text": "Christianity is wild. It’s intimate. It’s heartbreaking and soul-mending. It’s the wings to rise above the everyday and hope of a honeymoon with the God who has loved you forever. The party has just begun, and the best is yet to come.",
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                        "text": "I know that I'm just a spirit. I'm just a soul living a human experience. You come here for a purpose. So, once you acknowledge that and acknowledge that God put you here for a reason, I feel like you gotta fulfill that as much as possible.",
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                        "text": "The ubiquity of the Divine presence is the only true support, and I am sometimes astonished how persons, who evidently do not possess that grand source of consolation, keep up their spirits under trials and difficulties. It must be owing to careless tempers and nerves of brass.",
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                        "text": "“I’ve had the best time! The spirit here is incredible. It’s competitive, to be sure, but everyone supports each other. I was getting advice from men I was about to go against right up to the very moment the competitions began.” “That’s wonderful,” Joanna said and handed him a mug of lemonade. “You look absolutely awful.” “I showered,” he replied, a bit defensively. “She means the bruises,” Kassandra said. She thought “awful” was going too far, for the truth was, he looked magnificent. He was a bit battered, however, as was to be expected. All the competitors were the same. “These are nothing,” he insisted, gesturing to the livid black-and-blue splotches with which he was adorned, and with the enthusiasm of a boy, added, “I won two silver bracelets. Here.” He handed one to each of them and beamed as they put them on. “Thank you,” Joanna said sweetly and leaned over to kiss his cheek. Kassandra stared at the bracelet, turning it round and round her wrist. In her quarters, there were chests fitted with silk-lined drawers that held precious jewels given to her because she was a princess. She wore them on occasion and enjoyed them. But never had she received anything so lovely as that simple silver bracelet won by sweat and skill in the Games. “It’s very nice,” she said, and felt his gaze even as she refused to meet it.”",
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