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I shall never forget my mother, for it was she who planted and nurtured the first seeds of good within me. She…
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Prudence approaches, conscience accuses.
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The existence of the Bible, as a book for the people, is the greatest benefit which the human race has ever experienced.…
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Laws always lose in energy what the government gains in extent.
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Suicide is not abominable because God prohibits it; God prohibits it because it is abominable.
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...as soon as we examine suicide from the standpoint of religion we immediately see it in its true light. We have been…
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What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?
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All human knowledge thus begins with intuitions, proceeds thence to concepts, and ends with ideas.
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What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of ourselves, the happiness of others.
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Reason must approach nature with the view, indeed, of receiving information from it, not, however, in the character of a pupil, who…
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Honesty is better than any policy.
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Man desired concord; but nature knows better what is good for his species; she desires discord. Man wants to live easy and…
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Gratitude is the first sign of a thinking, rational creature.
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It is impossible for any rational creature to be happy without acting all for God. God Himself could not make him happy…
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Man is said to be a rational creature; but should it not rather be said, that man is a creature capable of…
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In man (as the only rational creature on earth) those natural capacities which are directed to the use of his reason are…
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Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from…
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I do assure you, Sir, that I have no pretension whatever of that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable…
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What else can I do, a lame old man, but sing hymns to God? If I were a nightingale, I would do…
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Ignorance is in relationship to content; it is not just a spirit of ignorance. In verse 21 it speaks of "the truth…
— Francis Schaeffer
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Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all…
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