"Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward."
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"Our best chance of finding God is to look in the place where we left him."
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"The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart."
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"God is concerned about everything that concerns us - without exception."
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"The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe."
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"One may say the eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility."
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"How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?"
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"Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere"
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"The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too."
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"God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere."
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"And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."
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"Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link."
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"In every man and in every animal, however weak or wicked, great or small, resides the same omnipresent, omniscient soul. The difference is not in the soul, but in the manifestation. Between me and the smallest animal, the difference is only in manifestation, but as a principle he is the same as I am, he is my brother, he has the same soul as I have. This is the greatest principle that India has preached."
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"If you do not believe in a personal God, the question: 'What is the purpose of life?' is unaskable and unanswerable."
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"It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy"
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"I sometimes wonder if the hand is not more sensitive to the beauties of sculpture than the eye. I should think the wonderful rhythmical flow of lines and curves could be more subtly felt than seen. Be this as it may, I know that I can feel the heart-throbs of the ancient Greeks in their marble gods and goddesses."
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"It is the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship."
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"To seek God by rituals is to get the ritual and lose God in the process"
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"Remember: He WANTS your fellowship, and He has done everything possible to make it a reality. He has forgiven your sins, at the cost of His own dear Son. He has given you His Word, and the priceless privilege of prayer and worship."
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"And me, I know that there is a god. Cause I know who god is."
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