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Ignorance is the Mother not of Devotion, but of Heresy.


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That there is a Devil is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influence of the Devil. For any to deny the being of a Devil must be from ignorance or profaneness worse than diabolical.

That there is a Devil is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influence of the Devil. For any to deny the being of a Devil must be from ignorance or profaneness worse than diabolical.



Our opportunities to do good are our talents.

Our opportunities to do good are our talents.



Ah, children, be afraid of going prayerless to bed, lest the Devil be your bedfellow.

Ah, children, be afraid of going prayerless to bed, lest the Devil be your bedfellow.



Religion brought forth Prosperity, and the daughter destroyed the mother.

Religion brought forth Prosperity, and the daughter destroyed the mother.



The Word of God must be Read and Heard with Diligence that so you may arrive to the Knowledge that is needful for you.

The Word of God must be Read and Heard with Diligence that so you may arrive to the Knowledge that is needful for you.



You are young and have the world before you; stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard bumps.

You are young and have the world before you; stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard bumps.



What Must I Do to Be Saved? It is impossible to ask a more weighty Question! It is deplorable that we hear it asked with no more Frequency, with nor more Agony.

What Must I Do to Be Saved? It is impossible to ask a more weighty Question! It is deplorable that we hear it asked with no more Frequency, with nor more Agony.



That there is a Devil, is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the Devil.

That there is a Devil, is a thing doubted by none but such as are under the influences of the Devil.



Wilderness is a temporary condition through which we are passing to the Promised Land.

Wilderness is a temporary condition through which we are passing to the Promised Land.



Is this dying? Is this all? Is this what I feared when I prayed against a hard death? Oh, I can bear this! I can bear this!

Is this dying? Is this all? Is this what I feared when I prayed against a hard death? Oh, I can bear this! I can bear this!





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If the universe does consist of a battle between the devil and God, the final analysis should conclude that religion would have been the devil’s most brilliant move and science, God’s.



Start to laugh and everything will go well.

Start to laugh and everything will go well.



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Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.



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How has retirement affected my golf game? A lot more people beat me now.



Saints and ordinary folks are the same from the start. Inquiring about a difference is like asking to borrow string when you've got a good strong rope. Every Dharma is known in the heart.

Saints and ordinary folks are the same from the start. Inquiring about a difference is like asking to borrow string when you've got a good strong rope. Every Dharma is known in the heart.



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