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> [“After situating herself on a huge flat-sided rock, Baby Suggs bowed her head and prayed silently. The company watched her from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-morrison/after-situating-herself-on-a-huge-flat-sided-rock-baby-suggs-bowed/)

[Toni Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-morrison/)

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> [“Our purpose is to produce students who have that rare and precious combination of a superb secular education, complemented by faith in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyd-k-packer/our-purpose-is-to-produce-students-who-have-that-rare-and-precious/)

[Boyd K. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyd-k-packer/)

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> [“Of all the wars that have taken place wince then, none has endured so long as the conflict between knowledge and belief.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-leith-gollner/of-all-the-wars-that-have-taken-place-wince-then-none-has-endured-so/)

[Adam Leith Gollner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-leith-gollner/)

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> [“It was a long year. I lovingly refer to it on my blog as the 2007 Breakdown Spiritual Awakening. It felt like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bren-brown/it-was-a-long-year-i-lovingly-refer-to-it-on-my-blog-as-the-2007/)

[Brené Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bren-brown/)

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> [Purge me from every sinful blot; My idols all be cast aside: Cleanse me from every evil thought, From all the filth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wesley/purge-me-from-every-sinful-blot-my-idols-all-be-cast-aside-cleanse-me/)

[John Wesley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wesley/)

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> [“But if science cannot answer some ultimate question, what makes anybody think that religion can? I suspect that neither the Cambridge nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/but-if-science-cannot-answer-some-ultimate-question-what-makes/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [To illustrate the vain conceit that the universe must be somehow pre-ordained for us, because we are so well-suited to live in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/to-illustrate-the-vain-conceit-that-the-universe-must-be-somehow-pre/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [How do we receive the highest mystery of Divine love to us ? the mystery of the Christian faith? With our mind,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-kronstadt/how-do-we-receive-the-highest-mystery-of-divine-love-to-us-the/)

[John of Kronstadt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-kronstadt/)

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> [There is a certain class of unbelievers who sometimes ask me such questions as, if I think that I can live on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/there-is-a-certain-class-of-unbelievers-who-sometimes-ask-me-such/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [“You will never have a missional church without missional people who engage the lives of others where they live, where they work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lance-ford/you-will-never-have-a-missional-church-without-missional-people-who/)

[Lance Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lance-ford/)

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> [In the process of writing '13,' friends were asking if I was OK because I was saying things about religion or about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-bartlett/in-the-process-of-writing-13-friends-were-asking-if-i-was-ok-because/)

[Mike Bartlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-bartlett/)

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> [Revival is the return of God's manifest presence to His people for the purpose of them renewing their relationship with Him, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-evans/revival-is-the-return-of-god-s-manifest-presence-to-his-people-for/)

[Tony Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-evans/)

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> [If we are one in purpose, spirit, principle and faith, then it doesn't really matter if we are always of the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-russell-ballard/if-we-are-one-in-purpose-spirit-principle-and-faith-then-it-doesn-t/)

[M. Russell Ballard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-russell-ballard/)

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> [Let us labor for an inward stillness-- An inward stillness and an inward healing. That perfect silence where the lips and heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/let-us-labor-for-an-inward-stillness-an-inward-stillness-and-an/)

[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-wadsworth-longfellow/)

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> [The cross is a very powerful symbol and it symbolizes suffering, but it also is connected to a person who was loving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madonna-ciccone/the-cross-is-a-very-powerful-symbol-and-it-symbolizes-suffering-but/)

[Madonna Ciccone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madonna-ciccone/)

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> [“Become Amish? If you admire our faith, strengthen yours. If you admire our sense of commitment, deepen yours. If you admire our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-woods-fisher/become-amish-if-you-admire-our-faith-strengthen-yours-if-you-admire/)

[Suzanne Woods Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-woods-fisher/)

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> [“The essence of its failure was that it could not sustain unity. In its early stages its citizens, both patrician and plebeian,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/the-essence-of-its-failure-was-that-it-could-not-sustain-unity-in-its/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

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> [The gospel is not about... pie-in-the-sky when they die. ... It is imperative that the up and coming generation recognize that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-campolo/the-gospel-is-not-about-pie-in-the-sky-when-they-die-it-is-imperative/)

[Tony Campolo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-campolo/)

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> [“Blind adherence to contextualization alters our preaching in at least three ways, and none of them is for the better. First, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-r-helm/blind-adherence-to-contextualization-alters-our-preaching-in-at-least/)

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

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> [“Physics, mathematics, music, painting, my politics, my love for you, my work, the star-dust of my body, the spirit that impels it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/physics-mathematics-music-painting-my-politics-my-love-for-you-my/)

[Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/)

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> [“Jesus offered a single incentive to follow him; it was woven into all he said and did. Here is how I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samir-selmanovic/jesus-offered-a-single-incentive-to-follow-him-it-was-woven-into-all/)

[Samir Selmanovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samir-selmanovic/)

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> [“Past and present religious atrocities have occured not because we are evil, but because it is a fact of nature that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/past-and-present-religious-atrocities-have-occured-not-because-we-are/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [Question: Why are we Masters of our Fate, the captains of our souls? Because we have the power to control our thoughts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-armand-montapert/question-why-are-we-masters-of-our-fate-the-captains-of-our-souls/)

[Alfred Armand Montapert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-armand-montapert/)

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> [“...But the Mahommedan religion increases, instead of lessening, the fury of intolerance. It was originally propagated by the sword, and ever since,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/but-the-mahommedan-religion-increases-instead-of-lessening-the-fury/)

[Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/)

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> [“The more doors you open to the mysteries, or sacred knowledge, the smaller you feel. And because you begin to feel smaller…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzy-kassem/the-more-doors-you-open-to-the-mysteries-or-sacred-knowledge-the/)

[Suzy Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzy-kassem/)

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> [In France, we have laïcité, which means that atheism is almost our state religion. But I think a very important part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eugene-green/in-france-we-have-la-cit-which-means-that-atheism-is-almost-our-state/)

[Eugene Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eugene-green/)

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> [I do not think any religion encourages intolerance. Intolerance is the biggest mental defilement, and every religion tries to remove this defilement.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lobsang-tenzin/i-do-not-think-any-religion-encourages-intolerance-intolerance-is-the/)

[Lobsang Tenzin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lobsang-tenzin/)

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> [“Contrary to the cavalier attitude many pastors and religious educators take on this point, the Bible’s narrative ingredients do matter for how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/contrary-to-the-cavalier-attitude-many-pastors-and-religious/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

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> [“Scripture really seems to be getting at something here, something about orienting our lives around becoming lifelong learners of Jesus. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-breen/scripture-really-seems-to-be-getting-at-something-here-something/)

[Mike Breen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-breen/)

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> [In every generation there are voices that question the authority of Scripture. So in one sense this is merely part of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-a-carson/in-every-generation-there-are-voices-that-question-the-authority-of/)

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

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> [Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edmund-burke/politics-and-the-pulpit-are-terms-that-have-little-agreement-no-sound/)

[Edmund Burke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edmund-burke/)

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> [“Towards the end of the Seventh Step of The Ladder of Divine Ascent, St. John of Sinai says that we shall not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archimandrite-zacharias-zacharou/towards-the-end-of-the-seventh-step-of-the-ladder-of-divine-ascent-st/)

[Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/archimandrite-zacharias-zacharou/)

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> [The things that are said in the show about race and religion are maybe more shocking because its not done now. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/january-jones/the-things-that-are-said-in-the-show-about-race-and-religion-are/)

[January Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/january-jones/)

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> [People who study the way religions develop have shown that if you have a charismatic teacher, and you don't have an institution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-pagels/people-who-study-the-way-religions-develop-have-shown-that-if-you/)

[Elaine Pagels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-pagels/)

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> [“YOUR LIFE IS A GAME, YOU ARE THE PLAYER, SOCIETY IS YOUR AUDIENCE. USE YOUR MENTOR AS YOUR COACH, FOLLOW YOUR RELIGION…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mayooran-senthilmani/your-life-is-a-game-you-are-the-player-society-is-your-audience-use/)

[Mayooran Senthilmani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mayooran-senthilmani/)

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> [Our public credit is good, but the abundance of paper has produced a spirit of gambling in the funds, which has laid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/our-public-credit-is-good-but-the-abundance-of-paper-has-produced-a/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [“The saviour answered...and said, If you want to be perfect, you will keep these teachings. If not, you deserve to be called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-saviour-answered-and-said-if-you-want-to-be-perfect-you-will-keep/)

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

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> [“I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. I’m free to choose that something. That something—the something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/i-have-one-life-and-one-chance-to-make-it-count-for-something-i-m/)

[Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/)

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> [There was never one who came into the world with such loving compassion and who entered into all the needs of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smith-wigglesworth/there-was-never-one-who-came-into-the-world-with-such-loving/)

[Smith Wigglesworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smith-wigglesworth/)

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> [Together you have what is unbound. Whatever will swell your spirit and give you wings, is freedom, and it is a fault…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cjoybell-c/together-you-have-what-is-unbound-whatever-will-swell-your-spirit-and/)

[CJoybell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cjoybell-c/)

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                        "text": "Question: Why are we Masters of our Fate, the captains of our souls? Because we have the power to control our thoughts, our attitudes. That is why many people live in the withering negative world. That is why many people live in the Positive Faith world. And you don't have to be a poet or a philosopher to know which is best.",
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                        "text": "“...But the Mahommedan religion increases, instead of lessening, the fury of intolerance. It was originally propagated by the sword, and ever since, its votaries have been subject, above the people of all other creeds, to this form of madness. In a moment the fruits of patient toil, the prospects of material prosperity, the fear of death itself, are flung aside. The more emotional Pathans are powerless to resist. All rational considerations are forgotten. Seizing their weapons, they become Ghazis—as dangerous and as sensible as mad dogs: fit only to be treated as such. While the more generous spirits among the tribesmen become convulsed in an ecstasy of religious bloodthirstiness, poorer and more material souls derive additional impulses from the influence of others, the hopes of plunder and the joy of fighting. Thus whole nations are roused to arms. Thus the Turks repel their enemies, the Arabs of the Soudan break the British squares, and the rising on the Indian frontier spreads far and wide. In each case civilisation is confronted with militant Mahommedanism. The forces of progress clash with those of reaction. The religion of blood and war is face to face with that of peace.”",
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                        "text": "“The more doors you open to the mysteries, or sacred knowledge, the smaller you feel. And because you begin to feel smaller and smaller until your ego disappears, the more humble you become. Therefore, any man who behaves arrogantly with what little he knows, or claims to know all, only reveals to all that he really knows nothing. Real greatness does not reside inside those who feel large. The truly wise are meek. Yet being small and meek do not make one weak. Arming oneself with true knowledge generates strong confidence and a bold spirit that makes you a lion of God. The Creator does not want you to suffer, yet we are being conditioned by society to accept suffering, weak and passive dispositions under the belief that such conditions are favorable by God. Weakness is not a virtue praised by God. How could he desire for you to be weak if he tells us to stand by our conscience? Doing so requires strength. However, there is a difference between arrogance when inflating your ego, and confidence when one truly gets closer to God. One feels large, while the other feels small. Why? Because a man of wisdom understands that he is just a small pea in a sea of infinite atoms, and that in the end — we are all connected. And did you not know that the smaller a creature is, the bolder its spirit?”",
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                        "text": "I do not think any religion encourages intolerance. Intolerance is the biggest mental defilement, and every religion tries to remove this defilement. So we must understand that whenever there is intolerance, this comes from an irreligious mind. It is not created by religion, and it is not in the mind of the religious person.",
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                        "text": "The things that are said in the show about race and religion are maybe more shocking because its not done now. But for women I dont think weve come very far. At least they were gentleman back then. They might say something shitty behind your back, but at least they opened the door.",
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