“Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.”
— Victor Hugo
Author: Victor Hugo
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One person who has mastered life is
“One person who has mastered life is better than a thousand persons who have mastered only the contents of books, but no one can get anything out of life without God.”
— Meister Eckhart
Author: Meister Eckhart
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There is nothing that wastes the body
“There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
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I will govern my life and thoughts
“I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open?”
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Thank God every morning when you get
“Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.”
— James Russell Lowell
Author: James Russell Lowell
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Cure yourself of the affliction of caring
“Cure yourself of the affliction of caring how you appear to others. Concern yourself only with how you appear before God, concern yourself only with the idea that God may have of you.”
— Miguel de Unamuno
Author: Miguel de Unamuno
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Owners of dogs will have noticed that,
“Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God.”
— Christopher Hitchens
Author: Christopher Hitchens
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Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and
“Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.”
— Ronald Reagan
Author: Ronald Reagan
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In the nineteenth century the problem was
“In the nineteenth century the problem was that God is dead. In the twentieth century the problem is that man is dead.”
— Erich Fromm
Author: Erich Fromm
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If you hope for happiness in the
“If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not from the world.”
— David Brainerd
Author: David Brainerd
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God can be realized through all paths.
“God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.”
— Ramakrishna
Author: Ramakrishna
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