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> [Make a career of humanity... It will enrich your spirit as nothing else possibly can. It will give you that rare sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/make-a-career-of-humanity-it-will-enrich-your-spirit-as-nothing-else/)

[Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/)

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> [We have a lot of historical and religious baggage in our culture. It's ancient; we are clannish as a species. We like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherri-saum/we-have-a-lot-of-historical-and-religious-baggage-in-our-culture-it-s/)

[Sherri Saum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherri-saum/)

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> [If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is not from God, how can infidels explain Jesus Christ? His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-ryle/if-christianity-is-a-mere-invention-of-man-and-the-bible-is-not-from/)

[J. C. Ryle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-ryle/)

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> [“People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn't bear the though of their loved ones not existing, and couldn't even imagine themselves not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/people-i-thought-wanted-security-they-couldn-t-bear-the-though-of/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [ “\[T\]otalitarian war destroys spiritual values. One feels that everywhere. If it destroyed material values, the people, whose thinking is mostly limited by… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmuth-james-von-moltke/t-otalitarian-war-destroys-spiritual-values-one-feels-that-everywhere/)

[Helmuth James von Moltke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmuth-james-von-moltke/)

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> [To trust arms in the hands of the people at large has, in Europe, been believed...to be an experiment fraught only with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-dwight-v/to-trust-arms-in-the-hands-of-the-people-at-large-has-in-europe-been/)

[Timothy Dwight V](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-dwight-v/)

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> [“She was a coquette; he was sure she had a spirit of her own; but in her bright, sweet, superficial little visage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/she-was-a-coquette-he-was-sure-she-had-a-spirit-of-her-own-but-in-her/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

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> [When you concentrate on the middle of your chest - this is where loving awareness lives. This is the spiritual heart. Not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-dass/when-you-concentrate-on-the-middle-of-your-chest-this-is-where-loving/)

[Ram Dass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-dass/)

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> [“And he can convert millions of people to his religion because it spreads like a fucking virus—people have no resistance to it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-stephenson/and-he-can-convert-millions-of-people-to-his-religion-because-it/)

[Neal Stephenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-stephenson/)

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> [In fact, most of the changes found in early Christian manuscripts have nothing to do with theology or ideology. Far and away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-d-ehrman/in-fact-most-of-the-changes-found-in-early-christian-manuscripts-have/)

[Bart D. Ehrman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-d-ehrman/)

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> [God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/god-can-be-realized-through-all-paths-all-religions-are-true-the/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

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> [The North American Church is at a critical juncture. The gospel of grace is being confused and compromised by silence, seduction, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/the-north-american-church-is-at-a-critical-juncture-the-gospel-of/)

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

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> [“The White Delusion (Naskaristana 2912) Reason is fundamental, but there is a difference between militant, imperial rationalism and human reason, develop your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abhijit-naskar/the-white-delusion-naskaristana-2912-reason-is-fundamental-but-there/)

[Abhijit Naskar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abhijit-naskar/)

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> [“Mark DeVries observed that the church had become the place where teenagers “are most segregated from the world of adults.”2 Churches had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duffy-robbins/mark-devries-observed-that-the-church-had-become-the-place-where/)

[Duffy Robbins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duffy-robbins/)

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> [There are some who invoke separation of church and state - to try to get the government out of the business of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dinesh-d-souza/there-are-some-who-invoke-separation-of-church-and-state-to-try-to/)

[Dinesh D'Souza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dinesh-d-souza/)

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> [“All the different religions are really like different paths leading to the same goal. So there is no question of prescribing any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kedar-nath-tiwari/all-the-different-religions-are-really-like-different-paths-leading/)

[Kedar Nath Tiwari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kedar-nath-tiwari/)

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> [Ultimately, we know that the way a person finds salvation, the way a person comes into a relationship with God is by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-laurie/ultimately-we-know-that-the-way-a-person-finds-salvation-the-way-a/)

[Greg Laurie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-laurie/)

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> [The religious paradigm and the science fiction paradigm are different. Apologies to science fiction fans, but the paradigm there is to create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-gladwell/the-religious-paradigm-and-the-science-fiction-paradigm-are-different/)

[Malcolm Gladwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-gladwell/)

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> [“And it is said that each one of the numerous “stations” on the mystic path has a light of its own, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-rosenthal/and-it-is-said-that-each-one-of-the-numerous-stations-on-the-mystic/)

[Franz Rosenthal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-rosenthal/)

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> [“the consciousnesses who have been directly associated with ideas of enlightenment or spiritual paths will often reach a point of the admission…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/master-teacher/the-consciousnesses-who-have-been-directly-associated-with-ideas-of/)

[Master Teacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/master-teacher/)

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> [“We deem it opportune to remind our children of their duty to take an active part in public life and to contribute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-john-xxiii/we-deem-it-opportune-to-remind-our-children-of-their-duty-to-take-an/)

[Pope John XXIII](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-john-xxiii/)

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> [“Mithorden said it well," she said finally. "It's worshipping death. They say they follow light. But, in the end, they're really following…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-fanney/mithorden-said-it-well-she-said-finally-it-s-worshipping-death-they/)

[Robert Fanney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-fanney/)

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> [The spirit of man is nomad, his blood bedouin, and love is the aboriginal tracker on the faded desert spoor of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurens-van-der-post/the-spirit-of-man-is-nomad-his-blood-bedouin-and-love-is-the/)

[Laurens van der Post](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurens-van-der-post/)

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> [Whilst no people appears in history without the sign and palladium of a positive faith, without temple, altar, priesthood--that is to say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-henri-lacordaire/whilst-no-people-appears-in-history-without-the-sign-and-palladium-of/)

[Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-baptiste-henri-lacordaire/)

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> [“As the late Charles Colson put it, “Our place is on our knees, in the streets helping people in need, winning our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erwin-w-lutzer/as-the-late-charles-colson-put-it-our-place-is-on-our-knees-in-the/)

[Erwin W. Lutzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erwin-w-lutzer/)

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> [“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/look-again-at-that-dot-that-s-here-that-s-home-that-s-us-on-it-2/)

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

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> [“And no small part of this unpredicted miracle was the curious innocence of these people in the very midst of their freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-rice/and-no-small-part-of-this-unpredicted-miracle-was-the-curious/)

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

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> [My faith in God is unshakeable, even though till date, I have not experienced any miraculous incident that makes me feel the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emraan-hashmi/my-faith-in-god-is-unshakeable-even-though-till-date-i-have-not/)

[Emraan Hashmi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emraan-hashmi/)

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> [“Like all religious people, Christians repress, remember, and retell their core stories selectively. They emphasize this episode at the expense of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-prothero/like-all-religious-people-christians-repress-remember-and-retell/)

[Stephen Prothero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-prothero/)

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> [“If there is a person of the highest grade of understanding, he may first of all learn the most profound, next the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kaiten-nukariya/if-there-is-a-person-of-the-highest-grade-of-understanding-he-may/)

[Kaiten Nukariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kaiten-nukariya/)

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> [“Contempt for theory, art, history, and for man as an end in himself, which is contained in an abstract form in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-marx/contempt-for-theory-art-history-and-for-man-as-an-end-in-himself/)

[Karl Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-marx/)

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> [“Everything we learn—economics, philosophy, biology, mathematics—has to be understood in light of the overarching reality of the character of God. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-c-sproul-2/everything-we-learn-economics-philosophy-biology-mathematics-has-to/)

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

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> [I'm speaking of the pursuit of excellence in all things. All things! Presence of mind and devotion to craft. A great artist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-lynch/i-m-speaking-of-the-pursuit-of-excellence-in-all-things-all-things/)

[Scott Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-lynch/)

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> [“One cannot keep on evangelizing the world without interfering with the world's culture. It devolves upon God's people, therefore, to contend for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-r-van-til/one-cannot-keep-on-evangelizing-the-world-without-interfering-with/)

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

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> [Thus it is that our faith and trust in our Heavenly Father, so far as this mortal experience is concerned, consists not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-a-maxwell/thus-it-is-that-our-faith-and-trust-in-our-heavenly-father-so-far-as/)

[Neal A. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-a-maxwell/)

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> [“There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-sewell/there-is-no-religion-without-love-and-people-may-talk-as-much-as-they/)

[Anna Sewell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-sewell/)

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> [On the other hand, famous evolutionists such as Dobzhansky were firm believers in a personal God. He would work as a scientist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernst-mayr/on-the-other-hand-famous-evolutionists-such-as-dobzhansky-were-firm/)

[Ernst Mayr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernst-mayr/)

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> [Spirituality is not primarily about values and ethics, not about exhortations to do right or live well. The spiritual traditions are primarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/spirituality-is-not-primarily-about-values-and-ethics-not-about/)

[Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/)

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> [The guarantee that our self enjoys an intended relation to the outer world is most, if not all, we ask from religion.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-updike/the-guarantee-that-our-self-enjoys-an-intended-relation-to-the-outer/)

[John Updike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-updike/)

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> [We mast show by our behavior that we believe in equality and justice and that our religion teaches faith and love and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-roosevelt/we-mast-show-by-our-behavior-that-we-believe-in-equality-and-justice/)

[Eleanor Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-roosevelt/)

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                        "text": "If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is not from God, how can infidels explain Jesus Christ? His existence in history they cannot deny. How is it that without force or bribery, without arms or money, He has made such an immensely deep mark on the world as He certainly has?",
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                        "text": "The North American Church is at a critical juncture. The gospel of grace is being confused and compromised by silence, seduction, and outright subversion. The vitality of the faith is being jeopardized. The lying slogans of the fixers who carry religion like a sword of judgment pile up with impunity. Let ragamuffins everywhere gather as a confessing Church to cry out in protest. Revoke the licenses of religious leaders who falsify the idea of God. Sentence them to three years in solitude with the Bible as their only companion.",
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                        "text": "“All the different religions are really like different paths leading to the same goal. So there is no question of prescribing any rigid set of principles or practices. Everyone has got the right to follow his own path and approach God in his own way.”",
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                        "text": "Ultimately, we know that the way a person finds salvation, the way a person comes into a relationship with God is by admitting their sin and turning to Christ. So, I think because they have done religious ritual A or B or C and think that is sufficient and that's all that is expected, now religion has become a barrier instead of a bridge and gives a false sense of satisfaction.",
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                        "text": "The religious paradigm and the science fiction paradigm are different. Apologies to science fiction fans, but the paradigm there is to create a new world and describe it with a kind of specificity that we describe the world we inhabit. Religiosity, on the other hand, does none of that.",
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                        "text": "“And it is said that each one of the numerous “stations” on the mystic path has a light of its own, and the mystic’s banner (liwâ) itself consists of light Sufis were only too willing to describe every desirable phenomenon as “light.” We thus find references to the light of obedience to God (tâ- ah), the light of wisdom, which is a commonly employed phrase, the light of understanding ( fahm), of tawhîd, of the realities of faith, of sincere devotion (ikhlâs) and truthfulness (sidq), of God’s holiness and mercy, and so on. For al-Hakîm at-Tirmidhî, every word directed toward the Deity has a light. The lights of intellect, nearness to God, majesty or God’s face are, understandably, different in intensity. There is a light of tawhîd, a light of îmân, and so forth. By “the light” of insight, knowledge is meant. “The lights of knowledge shine for the gnostic (- ârif ), so that he is enabled to see the miracles of the supernatural.\" Playfully, an unnamed scholar used to tell the inner circle of his followers when he was alone with them and wanted to discuss “the science of the duties of the heart,” to bring in “the inner light” (an-nûr al-bâtin). Later, in the knowledge-centered mysticism of the school of Ibn Arabî, it was only natural to speak, as did Sadr-ad-dîn al-Qônawî, of knowledge (that is, the true knowledge of the mystic and of God) as “light,” as “the essence (- ayn) of light,” as “pure light,” as “the light of divine being,” as “the uncovering light.” Outward knowledge constituted “the form of light,” while inner knowledge constituted “the idea of light.”",
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                        "text": "“the consciousnesses who have been directly associated with ideas of enlightenment or spiritual paths will often reach a point of the admission of the necessity for the transformation of their own mind, or the giving up of their previous value systems,”",
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                        "text": "“We deem it opportune to remind our children of their duty to take an active part in public life and to contribute toward the attainment of the common good of the entire human family as well as to that of their own political community. They should endeavor, therefore, in the light of their Christian faith and led by love, to insure that the various institutions—whether economic, social, cultural or political in purpose—should be such as not to create obstacles, but rather to facilitate or render less arduous man’s perfecting of himself in both the natural order and the supernatural… Every believer in this world of ours must be a spark of light, a center of love, a vivifying leaven amidst his fellow men. And he will be this all the more perfectly, the more closely he lives in communion with God in the intimacy of his own soul”",
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                        "text": "“Mithorden said it well,\" she said finally. \"It's worshipping death. They say they follow light. But, in the end, they're really following desolation, division, the end of things. You should hear their prophecies -- war, destruction, only special chosen people are spared.\" She felt sad and angry. Worse, she wondered to what ends people who believed these things would go to assert their views.”",
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                        "text": "The spirit of man is nomad, his blood bedouin, and love is the aboriginal tracker on the faded desert spoor of his lost self; and so I came to live my life not by conscious plan or prearranged design but as someone following the flight of a bird.",
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                        "text": "Whilst no people appears in history without the sign and palladium of a positive faith, without temple, altar, priesthood--that is to say, without a constituted religion--unbelief appears only under an individual form, sometimes proscribed, sometimes tolerated, seldom powerful, and never becoming established as the public and social expression of a nation.",
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                        "text": "“As the late Charles Colson put it, “Our place is on our knees, in the streets helping people in need, winning our neighbors and colleagues to a Christian worldview by speaking the truth in love. We will win the cultural war one house, one block at a time, as God’s people are trained and equipped by the church and then go out and live their faith in the world.” Never before in American history has it been so important to become an active part of a network of other believers for worship, encouragement, instruction, and prayer. Bible studies, prayer groups, and discipleship training of believers to be change-agents in their world. The day of the casual Christian is over. No longer is it possible to drift along, hoping that no tough choices will have to be made. At this point in American history, any moral and spiritual progress will have to be won at great cost. The darker the night, the more important every candle becomes.”",
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                        "text": "“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every \"superstar,\" every \"supreme leader,\" every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there--on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.”",
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                        "text": "“And no small part of this unpredicted miracle was the curious innocence of these people in the very midst of their freedom and their wealth. The Christian god was as dead as he had been in the 1700s. And no new mythological religion had arisen to take the place of the old .”",
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                        "text": "“Like all religious people, Christians repress, remember, and retell their core stories selectively. They emphasize this episode at the expense of that episode, in keeping with their own biases and the preoccupations of their times.”",
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                        "text": "I'm speaking of the pursuit of excellence in all things. All things! Presence of mind and devotion to craft. A great artist has these. A great chef. A great master of tea. There's powerful kung fu in a well-built house or an eloquent letter, but the limit of your imagination is bones breaking and bullets flying.",
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                        "text": "Thus it is that our faith and trust in our Heavenly Father, so far as this mortal experience is concerned, consists not simply of faith and gladness that He exists, but is also a faith and trust that, if we are humble, He will tutor us, aiding our acquisition of needed attributes and experiences while we are in mortality. We trust not only the Designer but also His design of life itself, including our portion thereof!",
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