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 | "When all is said and done, is there any more wonderful sight, any
moment when man"s reason is nearer to some sort of contact with the nature
of the world than the sowing of seeds, the planting of cuttings, the
transplanting of shrubs or the grafting of slips." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal;
to knowledge, the rational apprehension of things temporal." | |
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Found in the topic Wisdom.
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| "The good Christian should beware of mathematicians, and all those
who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the
mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit
and to confine man in the bonds of Hell." | |
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Found in the topic Mathematics.
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| "To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation." | |
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Found in the topic Abstinence.
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| "Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith
is to see what we believe." | |
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Found in the topic Gossip.
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| "God had one Son on earth without sin, but never one without
suffering." | |
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Found in the topic Sin.
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| "The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a
covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the
bonds of Hell." | |
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Found in the topic Devil.
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| "Six is a number perfect in itself, and not because God created the
world in six days; rather the contrary is true. God created the world in
six days because this number is perfect, and it would remain perfect, even
if the work of the six days did not exist." | |
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Found in the topic Number.
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| "Patience is the companion of wisdom." | |
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Found in the topic Companion.
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| "An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate
who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by
keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride. "What
thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty
ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art
styled emperor."" | |
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Found in the topic Earth.
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| "God will not suffer man to have knowledge of things to come; for if
he had prescience of his prosperity, he would be careless; and
understanding of his adversity, he would be senseless." | |
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Found in the topic Future.
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| "It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that
makes men as angels." | |
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Found in the topic Humanitarian.
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| "If you would attain to what you are not yet, you must always be
displeased by what you are. For where you are pleased with yourself
there you have remained. Keep adding, keep walking, keep advancing." | |
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Found in the topic Attain.
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| "Punishment is justice for the unjust." | |
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Found in the topic Punish.
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| "Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore seek not to
understand that thou mayst believe, but believe that thou mayst
understand." | |
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Found in the topic Understand.
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