"Against boredom the gods themselves fight in vain."
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"God is dead, but considering the state the species man is in, there will perhaps be caves, for ages yet, in which his shadow will be shown."
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"Public opinion is held in reverence. It settles everything. Some think it is the voice of God."
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"God is bigger than people think."
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"If this [the Mysterium cosmographicum] is published, others will perhaps make discoveries I might have reserved for myself. But we are all ephemeral creatures (and none more so than I). I have, therefore, for the Glory of God, who wants to be recognized from the book of Nature, that these things may be published as quickly as possible. The more others build on my work the happier I shall be."
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"He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God."
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"We have usurped many of the powers we once ascribed to God. Fearful and unprepared, we have assumed lordship over the life or death of the whole world of all living things. The danger and the glory and the choice rest finally in man. The test of his perfectibility is at hand. Having taken Godlike power, we must seek in ourselves for the responsibility and the wisdom we once prayed some deity might have."
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"What is a god? A god is a personification of a motivating power of a value system that functions in human life and in the universe."
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"Before we can know God and understand his great plan it is first necessary for us to believe that he exists and that he rewards all who diligently seek him."
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"To know and experience what God can do, we must first realize and acknowledge what we cannot do. We must get our eyes off of ourselves and our limited ability, and totally onto Him and His infinite power."
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"To me, love, spirituality and life are all the same thing. To me they're all about honoring the circle, and they're just different ways of defining the same understanding. Our society as a whole, because we have placed our love for money above our love for life, has devalued the sacred and devalued love."
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"I always adhered to the idea that God is time, or at least that His spirit is."
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"It may be a species of impudence to think that the way you understand God is the way God is. (60)."
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"Henceforth the majesty of God revere;Fear Him, and you have nothing else to fear."
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"Forgiveness is God's command."
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"The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride."
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"I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at commensurate speed."
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"He is conscious only of God...To be conscious of knowing God is to know about God and self."
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"To honor him whom we have made is far from honoring him that hath made us."
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"Among the attributes of God, although they are equal, mercy shines with even more brilliance than justice."
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