"The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder."
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"The fragrance of sandalwood and rosebay does not travel far. But the fragrance of virtue rises to the heavens."
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"The propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained..."
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"If I cannot move heaven, I will raise hell."
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"Heaven ain't hard to find; all you gotta do is look."
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"How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man."
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"Your own reason is the only oracle given you by heaven, and you are answerable for, not the rightness, but the uprightness of the decision"
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"Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act."
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"On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it."
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"Where is Polonius? HAMLET In heaven. Send hither to see. If your messenger find him not there, seek him i' th' other place yourself. But if indeed you find him not within this month, you shall nose him as you go up the stairs into the lobby."
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"All my authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me."
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"I am... a mushroom; On whom the dew of heaven drops now and then."
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"Christ has taken our nature into Heaven to represent us; and has left us on earth, with His nature, to represent Him."
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"I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place."
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"Had it pleas'd heaven To try me with affliction * * * I should have found in some place of my soul A drop of patience."
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"He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool."
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"Every time we look at the Blessed Sacrament our place in heaven is raised forever."
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"The Kingdom of Heaven is within you."
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"Heaven is a house with porch lights."
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"That’s how we often react when grace comes at us. It’s awkward. God offers us something that’s too good to be true—unearned, unmerited, total forgiveness—and we stand there, stiff and uncomfortable, waiting for the embrace to stop so we can get back to the business of earning our way into heaven. We need to embrace grace. We need to learn how to hug back."
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