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"Some things mankind can finish and be done with, but not ... science, that persists, and changes from ancient Chaldeans studying the stars to a new telescope with a 200-inch reflector and beyond; not religion, that persists, and changes from old credulities and world views to new thoughts of God and larger apprehensions of his meaning."

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"The life of God - the life which the mind apprehends and enjoys as it rises to the absolute unity of all things - may be described as a play of love with itself; but this idea sinks to an edifying truism, or even to a platitude, when it does not embrace in it the earnestness, the pain, the patience, and labor, involved in the negative aspect of things."

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George Carlin Comedian, Actor
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"When it comes to God's existence, I'm not an atheist and I'm not agnostic. I'm an acrostic. The whole thing puzzles me."

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George Eliot Novelist, Poet, Journalist
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"I found it better for my soul to be humble before the mysteries o' God's dealings, and not be making a clatter about what I could never understand."

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George Eliot Novelist, Poet, Journalist
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"The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory."

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George Harrison Musician, Singer-songwriter
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"Through all ages, great saints have remained as living proof that this non-temporary, permanent state of God consciousness can be revived in all living souls."

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Leo Tolstoy Novelist, Philosopher
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"Though it is possible to utter words only with the intention to fulfill the will of God, it is very difficult not to think about the impression which they will produce on men and not to form them accordingly. But deeds you can do quite unknown to men, only for God. And such deeds are the greatest joy that a man can experience."

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Leo Tolstoy Novelist, Philosopher
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"The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God."

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Gilbert K. Chesterton Writer, Journalist
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"Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head."

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Friedrich Schiller Playwright, Poet
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"While the womanly god demands our veneration, the godlike woman kindles our love; but while we allow ourselves to melt in the celestial loveliness, the celestial self-sufficiency holds us back in awe."

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Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher, Writer
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"There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane."

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Mark Twain Writer, Humorist
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"No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field, and live."

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