Contemplating Quote by William Penn

“The Country is both the Philosopher's Garden and his Library, in which he Reads and Contemplates the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God.”

William Penn

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Once you've accumulated sufficient knowledge to get by, you're too old to remember it.

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If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.

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“Let us then try what love can do to mend a broken world.”

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'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.

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Perfect love casteth out fear.

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By liberty of conscience, we understand not only a mere liberty of the mind, in believing or disbelieving this or that principle or doctrine;…

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Content not thyself that thou art virtuous in the general; for one link being wanting, the chain is defective.

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We are apt to be very pert at censuring others, where we will not endure advice.

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It is admirable to consider how many millions of people come into, and go out of the world, ignorant of themselves and of the…

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He that contemplates hath a day without night.

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As we contemplate with reverence and awe how our Savior embraces us, comforts us, and heals us, let us commit to become His hands,…

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Contemplating the bowl, it is possible to see the interdependent elements which give rise to the bowl.

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The two hardest things to contemplate in life ... are failure and age; those are one and the same.

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