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Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate as a poison to the soul, however pleasant and salutary it may appear to be to the body.
Johann Arndt
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Our life is not given to us like an opera libretto, in which all is written down; but it means going, walking, doing, searching, seeing.... We must enter into the adventure of the quest for meeting God; we must let God search and encounter us.
Pope Francis
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The search for truth is not a trade by which a man can support himself; for a priest it is a supreme peril.
Alfred Loisy
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I only ask in all kindness that the man who wishes at this time to have my books will by no means let them be a hindrance to his own study of the Scriptures, but read them as I read the orders and the ordures of the pope and the books of the sophists.
Martin Luther
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Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy.
Henri de Lubac
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No great advance has ever been made in science, politics, or religion, without controversy.
Lyman Beecher
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We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.
Albert Barnes
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All truth is a shadow, except the last; but every truth is a substance in its own place, though it be but a shadow in another place; and the shadow is a true shadow, as the substance is a true substance.
Isaac Penington
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The church is called to be now what the world is called to be ultimately
John Howard Yoder
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People must ask themselves why this earthquake occurred in this area and not in others.... These areas were notorious because of this type of modern tourism, which has become known as "sex tourism".... Don't they deserve punishment from Allah?!
Yusuf Qaradawi
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Good cookery is not an extravagance but an economy, and many a tasty dish is made by our Continental friends out of materials which would be discarded indignantly by the poorest tramp in Whitechapel.
William Booth
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All things are ordered by God, but His providence takes in our free agency, as well as His own sovereignty.
Tryon Edwards
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Atheist, in the strict and proper sense of the word, is one who does not believe in the existence of a god, or who owns no being superior to nature. It is compounded of the two terms... signifying without God.
Richard Watson
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The death of Jesus was the opening and the emptying of the full heart of God; it was the outgushing of that ocean of infinite mercy that heaved and panted and longed for an outlet; it was God showing how he could love a poor, guilty sinner.
Octavius Winslow
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O Lord and Master of my life, give me not a spirit of sloth, vain curiosity, lust for power and idle talk, but give to me, Thy servant, a spirit of soberness, humility, patience and love. O Lord and King, grant me to see my own faults and not to condemn my brother: for blessed art Thou to the ages of ages. Amen. O God, cleanse me, a sinner.
Ephrem the Syrian
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This book is dedicated to the memory of my teacher Rudolf Bultmann. He encouraged me more than thirty years ago to deal more intensively with the extra-canonical writings from the early Christian period. His unwavering insistence upon the consistent application of the historical-critical method and his emphasis upon the investigation of early Christian literature in the context of the history of religions must remain basic commitments of New Testament scholarship.
Helmut Koester
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It is not necessary to seek truth among others which it is easy to obtain from the Church.
Irenaeus
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He who is anxious to attain a true understanding of holy Scripture, will discover the spiritual truths which are spoken by it to those who are called "spiritual," by comparing the meaning of what is addressed to those of weaker mind with what is announced to such as are of acuter understanding, both meanings being frequently found in the same passage by him who is capable of comprehending it.
Origen
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The great Inventor is one who has walked forth upon the industrial world, not from universities, but from hovels; not as clad in silks and decked with honors, but as clad in fustian and grimed with soot and oil.
Isaac Taylor
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Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
Hans Küng
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O, my God! withhold from me the wealth to which tears and sighs and curses cleave. Better none at all than wealth like that.
Christian Scriver
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No tool is more beneficial than intelligence. No enemy is more harmful than ignorance.
Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid
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If then we have Angels, let us be sober, as though we were in the presence of tutors; for there is a demon present also.
John Chrysostom
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Humor and paradox are often the only ways to respond to life's sorrow with grace.
Matthew Fox
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Our noblest duty is to strive to reduce oppression, to be more [stringent] in our implementation of Islamic law... and to weaken the control of oppressive and tyrannical regimes over the oppressed. These [actions] can [hasten] the return of the Hidden Imam...
Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi
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If you do not accuse each other, God will not accuse you. If you have no accuser you will enter heaven. . . . What many people call sin is not sin; I do many things to break down superstition, and I will break it down.
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