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> [I inquired what wickedness is, and I didn't find a substance, but a perversity of will twisted away from the highest substance - You, O God - towards inferior things, rejecting its own inner life and swelling with external matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-augustine/i-inquired-what-wickedness-is-and-i-didn-t-find-a-substance-but-a-2/)

[Saint Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-augustine/)

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> [“Try to imagine this formless, liquid abyss of many waters and surfaces. With and within this awesome, abysmal substance, God Mother creates universes. We are made from this stuff, literally! And we literally live, move, and have our being in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stefan-emunds/try-to-imagine-this-formless-liquid-abyss-of-many-waters-and-surfaces/)

[Stefan Emunds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stefan-emunds/)

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