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"The simple sense of wonder at the shapes of things, and at their exuberant independence of our intellectual standards and our trivial definitions, is the basis of spirituality."
"It has always been one of my unclerical sermons to myself, that that remark which Peter made on seeing the vision of a single hour, ought to be made by us all, in contemplating every panoramic change in the long Vision we call life... "It is good for us to be here - it is good for us to be here", repeating itself eternally."
"Love is a bodily shape; and Christian works are no more than animate faith and love, as flowers are the animate springtide."
"If a man have a strong faith he can indulge in the luxury of skepticism."
"Let us be servants in order to be leaders."
"A religion that comes of thought, and study, and deliberate conviction, sticks best. The revivalized convert who is scared in the direction of heaven because he sees hell yawn suddenly behind him, not only regains confidence when his scare is over, but is ashamed of himself for being scared, and often becomes more hopelessly and malignantly wicked than he was before."
"In all things, therefore, where we have clear evidence from our ideas, and those principles of knowledge I have above mentioned, reason is the proper judge; and revelation, though it may, in consenting with it, confirm its dictates, yet cannot in such cases invalidate its decrees: nor can we be obliged, where we have the clear and evident sentience of reason, to quit it for the contrary opinion, under a pretence that it is matter of faith: which can have no authority against the plain and clear dictates of reason."
"Have there ever been more submissive slaves? Adoring, even in their irons, the God who punishes them."
"Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved."
"For God does not want to save us by our own but by an extraneous righteousness, one that does not originate in ourselves but comes to us from beyond ourselves, which does not arise on earth but comes from heaven."
"The heart overflows with gladness, and leaps and dances for the joy it has found in God. In this experience the Holy Spirit is active, and has taught us in the flash of a moment the deep secret of joy. You will have as much joy and laughter in life as you have faith in God."
"This then is salvation - when we marvel at the beauty of created things and praise their beautiful Creator."
"Work without love is slavery."
"I don't think there is anyone who needs God's help as much as I do. Sometimes I feel so helpless and weak. I think that is why God uses me. Because I cannot depend on my own strength, I rely on Him twenty-four hours a day."
"My faith helps me overcome such negative emotions and find my equilibrium."
"We think of faith as a source of comfort and understanding but find our expressions of faith sowing division; we believe ourselves to be a tolerant people even as racial, religious, and cultural tensions roil the landscape. And instead of resolving these tensions or mediating these conflicts, our politics fans them, exploits them,and drives us further apart."
"Faith doesn't mean that you don't have doubts."
"Not one of them who took up in his youth with this opinion that there are no gods ever continued until old age faithful to his conviction."
"Allow your dreams a place in your prayers and plans. God-given dreams can help you move into the future He is preparing for you."
"Faith is the subtle chain which binds us to the infinite; the voice of a deep life within, that will remain until we crowd it thence."
