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> [Let your tears fall because of sin; but, at the same time, let the eye of faith steadily behold the Son of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/let-your-tears-fall-because-of-sin-but-at-the-same-time-let-the-eye-2/)

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

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> [Muslims are not bloodthirsty people. Islam is a religion of peace that forbids the killing of the innocent. Islam also accepts the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abdullah-of-saudi-arabia/muslims-are-not-bloodthirsty-people-islam-is-a-religion-of-peace-that/)

[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abdullah-of-saudi-arabia/)

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> [What changed these very ordinary men (who were such cowards that they did not dare stand too near the cross in case…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bertram-phillips/what-changed-these-very-ordinary-men-who-were-such-cowards-that-they/)

[John Bertram Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bertram-phillips/)

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> [We must seek support in the moral values that have ensured the progress of our civilization. Honesty and hard work, responsibility and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/we-must-seek-support-in-the-moral-values-that-have-ensured-the/)

[Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/)

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> [“If you are a Christian, you are a theologian. You have no choice. Theology is simply knowing about God. In fact, since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-robert-white/if-you-are-a-christian-you-are-a-theologian-you-have-no-choice/)

[James Robert White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-robert-white/)

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> [Let no preacher in a little church think that he has no audience for his message. An unseen audience of multitudes compass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-rice/let-no-preacher-in-a-little-church-think-that-he-has-no-audience-for/)

[John R. Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-rice/)

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> [The art of loving creates the unity which has unlimited spiritual strength, and that is the greatest need in the world today.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/radhanath-swami/the-art-of-loving-creates-the-unity-which-has-unlimited-spiritual/)

[Radhanath Swami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/radhanath-swami/)

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> [The Vedas give information on various subjects. They have come together and form one book. And in later times, when other subjects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-vedas-give-information-on-various-subjects-they-have-come/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [I did however used to think, you know, in the woods walking, and as a kid playing the the woods, that there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-creeley/i-did-however-used-to-think-you-know-in-the-woods-walking-and-as-a/)

[Robert Creeley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-creeley/)

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> [As we stand at the edge of the horizon of Gods glory being revealed upon the earth the greatest need continues to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/goddey-wilson/as-we-stand-at-the-edge-of-the-horizon-of-gods-glory-being-revealed/)

[GODDEY WILSON](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/goddey-wilson/)

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> [Today we take it for granted that the Bible is in our language. We forget that the Bible used to not be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-green/today-we-take-it-for-granted-that-the-bible-is-in-our-language-we/)

Steve Green

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> [Islam is a vibrant faith. Millions of our fellow citizens are Muslim. We respect the faith. We honor its traditions. Our enemy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/islam-is-a-vibrant-faith-millions-of-our-fellow-citizens-are-muslim/)

[George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/)

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> [“At the Temple of the Seven-Handed Sek a hasty convocation of priests and ritual heart-transplant artisans agreed that the hundred-span-high statue of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/at-the-temple-of-the-seven-handed-sek-a-hasty-convocation-of-priests/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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> [“Tunisia’s Educational Reform Law, passed in 1991, decreed education to be compulsory for both sexes up until the age of 16.5 Mohamed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-chang/tunisia-s-educational-reform-law-passed-in-1991-decreed-education-to/)

[Gordon Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-chang/)

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> [There are only two forces that can withstand the force of the war's spirit when it seizes upon the world. The one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmeline-pethick-lawrence-baroness-pethick-lawrence/there-are-only-two-forces-that-can-withstand-the-force-of-the-war-s/)

Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Baroness Pethick-Lawrence

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> [“Then suddenly—or so it seemed to me—in the past two years Calvinism began emerging as an issue everywhere. Perhaps I am just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-l-walls/then-suddenly-or-so-it-seemed-to-me-in-the-past-two-years-calvinism/)

Jerry L. Walls

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> [There are wounds of the spirit which never close and are intended in God's mercy to bring us nearer to Him, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-henry-newman/there-are-wounds-of-the-spirit-which-never-close-and-are-intended-in/)

[John Henry Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-henry-newman/)

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> [The U.S. has always understood itself to be united around political principles and not around culture, whereas the nations of Europe have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-nussbaum/the-u-s-has-always-understood-itself-to-be-united-around-political/)

[Martha Nussbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-nussbaum/)

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> [“Let today be the day you embrace your beautiful spirit and shine light for those living in the dark. Light their path…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amaka-nkosazana/let-today-be-the-day-you-embrace-your-beautiful-spirit-and-shine/)

[Amaka Nkosazana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amaka-nkosazana/)

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> [ “Even a child could see the division between what the Galileans \[i.e., Christians\] say they believe and what, in fact, they do… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gore-vidal/even-a-child-could-see-the-division-between-what-the-galileans-i-e/)

[Gore Vidal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gore-vidal/)

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> [For many years, Sierra had compared the Holy Spirit to the wind, as it said the the Bible, noting that it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-jones-gunn/for-many-years-sierra-had-compared-the-holy-spirit-to-the-wind-as-it/)

[Robin Jones Gunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-jones-gunn/)

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> [What manner of thing this 'public opinion' is, should be best known to those who have its name forever in their mouths…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-wagner/what-manner-of-thing-this-public-opinion-is-should-be-best-known-to/)

[Richard Wagner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-wagner/)

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> [The freedom to be able to offer education, human services, and health care in accordance with our own identity as a church…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-wuerl/the-freedom-to-be-able-to-offer-education-human-services-and-health/)

[Donald Wuerl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-wuerl/)

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> [What is saving my life now is the conviction that there is no spiritual treasure to be found apart from the bodily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-brown-taylor/what-is-saving-my-life-now-is-the-conviction-that-there-is-no/)

[Barbara Brown Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-brown-taylor/)

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> [“At the round earth's imagined corners blow Your trumpets, angels, and arise, arise From death, you numberless infinities Of souls, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-donne/at-the-round-earth-s-imagined-corners-blow-your-trumpets-angels-and-2/)

[John Donne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-donne/)

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> [But the challenge is always the same whether each generation facing its own circumstances can summon the practical devotion to attain and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-d-roosevelt/but-the-challenge-is-always-the-same-whether-each-generation-facing/)

[Franklin D. Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-d-roosevelt/)

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> [“When we look at the frailties of the human mind and the apparent disinterest by the multitude to do the very hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-goedken/when-we-look-at-the-frailties-of-the-human-mind-and-the-apparent/)

[Brian Goedken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-goedken/)

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> [“The Ego uses the mind as a means of spiritual search. It is through the mind that the Ego intends to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-m-wanderer/the-ego-uses-the-mind-as-a-means-of-spiritual-search-it-is-through/)

[Frank M. Wanderer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-m-wanderer/)

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> [Let us read the Bible without the ill-fitting colored spectacles of theology, just as we read other books, using our own judgment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luther-burbank/let-us-read-the-bible-without-the-ill-fitting-colored-spectacles-of-2/)

[Luther Burbank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luther-burbank/)

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> [Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/do-not-believe-in-anything-simply-because-you-have-heard-it-do-not-2/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

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> [Without cultural indoctrination, all of us would be atheists. Or, more specifically, while many may dream up their own gods as did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-g-mcafee/without-cultural-indoctrination-all-of-us-would-be-atheists-or-more/)

[David G. McAfee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-g-mcafee/)

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> [“People have been fighting and dying over religion for thousands of years. I could understand that fear. It creeps up on you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tucker-elliot/people-have-been-fighting-and-dying-over-religion-for-thousands-of/)

[Tucker Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tucker-elliot/)

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> [The time for letting the Christian bashing go on essentially unchallenged has come to an end... There is a great need for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-james-kennedy/the-time-for-letting-the-christian-bashing-go-on-essentially/)

[D. James Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-james-kennedy/)

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> [In place of our exhaustion and spiritual fatigue, God will give us rest. All He asks is that we come to Him...that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-r-swindoll/in-place-of-our-exhaustion-and-spiritual-fatigue-god-will-give-us/)

[Charles R. Swindoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-r-swindoll/)

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> [Krishna children were taught that in the spiritual world there were no parents, only souls and hence this justified their being kept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-garden/krishna-children-were-taught-that-in-the-spiritual-world-there-were/)

[Mary Garden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-garden/)

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> [The need for devotion to something outside ourselves is even more profound than the need for companionship. If we are not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-parmenter/the-need-for-devotion-to-something-outside-ourselves-is-even-more/)

Ross Parmenter

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> [“Sometimes, you will go through awful trials in your life and then a miracle happens--God heals you. Don’t be disheartened when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-l-alder/sometimes-you-will-go-through-awful-trials-in-your-life-and-then-a/)

[Shannon L. Alder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-l-alder/)

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> [My first wife is a good woman, I still can't say nothing bad about her other than the fact that we had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/my-first-wife-is-a-good-woman-i-still-can-t-say-nothing-bad-about-her/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

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> [“What I was referring to was not religion as such, but a special category of abstractions, the most exalted one, which, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/what-i-was-referring-to-was-not-religion-as-such-but-a-special/)

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

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> [“I placed no trust in faiths, doctrines, ideologies, institutions. Thus I could stand only upon my own feet. But I was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witold-gombrowicz/i-placed-no-trust-in-faiths-doctrines-ideologies-institutions-thus-i/)

[Witold Gombrowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witold-gombrowicz/)

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                        "text": "What changed these very ordinary men (who were such cowards that they did not dare stand too near the cross in case they got involved) into heroes who would stop at nothing? A swindle? Hallucination? Spooky nonsense in a darkened room? Or Somebody quietly doing what He said He'd do - walk right through death? What do you think?",
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                        "text": "As we stand at the edge of the horizon of Gods glory being revealed upon the earth the greatest need continues to be workers in the harvest. It is through hearing and obeying the voice of God that we gather the harvest and expand the kingdom of God. Each Christian has a mission and a ministry ordained by God to walk in. There is only one head in the body of Christ, as we listen and obey His voice, the Holy Spirit; the body of Christ will come together in complete unity and function in perfect harmony.",
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                        "text": "Today we take it for granted that the Bible is in our language. We forget that the Bible used to not be available to the common man. It's no wonder that TIME magazine recorded the number one event of the last 1,000 years was the Gutenberg printing of the Bible which made this book available in mass form to all people.",
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                        "text": "For many years, Sierra had compared the Holy Spirit to the wind, as it said the the Bible, noting that it was always there, no matter how faint the breeze. The wind went where it wanted to go, and its path was easy to detect because it moved objects and people. But no one had ever seen the wind.",
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                        "text": "What manner of thing this 'public opinion' is, should be best known to those who have its name forever in their mouths and erect the regard for it into a positive article of religion. Its self-styled organ in our times is the 'Press.'",
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                        "text": "The freedom to be able to offer education, human services, and health care in accordance with our own identity as a church should not be denied us simply because there may be the perception of a political majority who favors a new understanding of the American tradition of pluralism.",
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                        "text": "What is saving my life now is the conviction that there is no spiritual treasure to be found apart from the bodily experiences of human life on earth. My life depends on engaging the most ordinary physical activities with the most exquisite attention I can give them. My life depends on ignoring all touted distinctions between the secular and the sacred, the physical and the spiritual, the body and the soul. What is saving my life now is becoming more fully human, trusting that there is no way to God apart from real life in the real world.",
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                        "text": "“At the round earth's imagined corners blow Your trumpets, angels, and arise, arise From death, you numberless infinities Of souls, and to your scattered bodies go ; All whom the flood did, and fire shall o'erthrow, All whom war, dea[r]th, age, agues, tyrannies, Despair, law, chance hath slain, and you, whose eyes Shall behold God, and never taste death's woe. But let them sleep, Lord, and me mourn a space ; For, if above all these my sins abound, 'Tis late to ask abundance of Thy grace, When we are there. Here on this lowly ground, Teach me how to repent, for that's as good As if Thou hadst seal'd my pardon with Thy blood. ”",
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                        "text": "But the challenge is always the same whether each generation facing its own circumstances can summon the practical devotion to attain and retain that greatest good for the greatest number which this government of the people was created to ensure.",
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                        "text": "“When we look at the frailties of the human mind and the apparent disinterest by the multitude to do the very hard work of consistently thinking deeply to actively and carefully construct well-hewn models of reality, it is only a small wonder why major leaps in societal progress remain elusive. Rather, we are afflicted with our biases that lead naturally to the development and enduring sustainment of irrational beliefs. It is partly due to the profusion of differing irrational beliefs that it is so difficult to find common ground to confront major social issues which include how God’s existence and nature might be best represented.”",
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                        "text": "“The Ego uses the mind as a means of spiritual search. It is through the mind that the Ego intends to understand what is beyond mind and forms. The mind in this way prepares the mental image of enlightenment, seeking, happiness etc.”",
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                        "text": "Let us read the Bible without the ill-fitting colored spectacles of theology, just as we read other books, using our own judgment and reason, listening to the voice within, not to the noisy babel without. Most of us possess discriminating reasoning powers. Can we use them or must we be fed by others like babes?",
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                        "text": "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.",
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