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Carl Sagan quote: "Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and..."
Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil. Carl Sagan
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the..."
A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe. Madeleine L'Engle
Loving God with all our mind means that our thinking is wholly engaged to do all it can to awaken and express the heartfelt fullness of treasuring God above all things. John Piper
If you could really see that tree over there," Merlin said, "you would be so astounded that you'd fall over."Really? But why?" asked Arthur. "It's just a tree."No," Merlin said, "It's just a tree in your mind. To another mind it is an expression of infinite spirit and beauty. In God's mind it is a dear child, sweeter than anything you can imagine. Deepak Chopra
What the new mate, sports car, or unexpected check could never do, Christ says, "I Can." You'll love how he achieves it. He reconnects your soul with God. Max Lucado
Graham Greene quote: "You cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness..."
You cannot conceive, nor can I, of the appalling strangeness of the mercy of God. Graham Greene
These are the prejudices which I undertook to notice here. If any others of a similar character remain, they can easily be rectified with a little thought by anyone. Baruch Spinoza
You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it's others has to know why it is, and this boy is one of the latters. He's going to be into everything! Flannery O'Connor
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking..."
If you've got the truth you can demonstrate it. Talking doesn't prove it. Robert A. Heinlein
Margaret Atwood quote: "You can’t buy it, but it has a price,” said Oryx. “Everything..."
You can’t buy it, but it has a price,” said Oryx. “Everything has a price. Margaret Atwood
You all know the argument from design: everything in the world is made just so that we can manage to live in the world, and if the world was ever so little different, we could not manage to live in it. That is the argument from design. It sometimes takes a rather curious form; for instance, it is argued that rabbits have white tails in order to be easy to shoot. I do not know how rabbits would view that application. Bertrand Russell
There can never be any real opposition between religion and science; for the one is the complement of the other. Every serious and reflective person realizes, I think, that the religious element in his nature must be recognized and cultivated if all the powers of the human soul are to act together in perfect balance and harmony. And indeed it was not by accident that the greatest thinkers of all ages were deeply religious souls Max Planck
How can the confessor teach/ those who are lost and sick at heart,/ when he himself, among the sinners,/ is worst, and most forsaken?/ It is only a game we play/ with other people's sins./ Besides, everyone knows/ that everyone lies confessing. Yevgeny Yevtushenko
But man seeks to worship what is established beyond dispute, so that all men would agree at once to worship it. For these pitiful creatures are concerned not only to find what one or the other can worship, but to find community of worship is the chief misery of every man individually and of all humanity from the beginning of time. For the sake of common worship they've slain each other with the sword. They have set up gods and challenged one another, "Put away your gods and come and worship... Fyodor Dostoevsky
There is a thought among some brands of theology that souls are waiting up in heaven to be born. Now how in the world anybody comes up with that is beyond me, and how you can be so sure of that is also beyond me. I always like to go back to Snoopy's theological writings, which he called, "Has It Ever Occurred to You That You Might Be Wrong." And that's the way I feel. These things fascinate me, and I like to talk about them with other people, and hear what they think. But I'm always a little... Charles M. Schulz

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