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We cannot take a single step t...

We cannot take a single step toward heaven. It is not in our power to travel in a vertical direction. If however we look heavenward for a long time, God comes and takes us up.

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God is rich in mercy. I know t...

God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.

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If it were conceivable that in...

If it were conceivable that in obeying God one should bring about one's own damnation whilst in disobeying him one could be saved, I should still choose the way of obedience.

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Official history is a matter o...

Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.

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The world needs saints who hav...

The world needs saints who have genius, just as a plague-stricken town needs doctors.

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Joy is being fully aware of re...

Joy is being fully aware of reality ...

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One must always be ready to ch...

One must always be ready to change sides with justice, that fugitive from the winning camp.

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When literature becomes delibe...

When literature becomes deliberately indifferent to the opposition of good and evil it betrays its function and forfeits all claim to excellence.

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Money destroys human roots whe...

Money destroys human roots wherever it is able to penetrate, by turning desire for gain into the sole motive. It easily manages to outweigh all other motives, because the effort it demands of the mind is so very much less. Nothing is so clear and so simple as a row of figures.

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Uprooting is by far the most d...

Uprooting is by far the most dangerous of the ills of human society, for it perpetuates itself.

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Pain and suffering are a kind ...

Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.

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We possess nothing in the worl...

We possess nothing in the world - a mere chance can strip us of everything - except the power to say 'I.

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the instruments of power - arm...

the instruments of power - arms, gold, machines, magical or technical secrets - always exist independently of him who disposes of them, and can be taken up by others. Consequently all power is unstable.

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Our science is like a store fi...

Our science is like a store filled with the most subtle intellectual devices for solving the most complex problems, and yet we are almost incapable of applying the elementary principles of rational thought.

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Christians ought to suspect th...

Christians ought to suspect that affliction is the very essence of creation. To be a created thing is not necessarily to be afflicted, but it is necessarily to be exposed to affliction. ... Affliction is the surest sign that God wishes to be loved by us; it is the most precious evidence of His tenderness.

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Religion is a form of nourishm...

Religion is a form of nourishment. It is difficult to appreciate the flavor and food-value of something one has never eaten.

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We do injury to a child if we ...

We do injury to a child if we bring it up in a narrow Christianity, which prevents it from ever becoming capable of perceiving that there are treasures of purest gold to be found in non-Christian civilizations. Laical education does an even greater injury to children. It covers up those treasures, and those of Christianity as well.

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A right which goes unrecognize...

A right which goes unrecognized by anybody is not worth very much.

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Whoever is uprooted himself up...

Whoever is uprooted himself uproots others. Whoever is rooted himself doesn't uproot others.

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The villagers seldom leave the...

The villagers seldom leave the village; many scientists have limited and poorly cultivated minds apart from their specialty ...

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