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And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own read more
And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
The human understanding is no dry light, but receives infusion from the will and affections; which proceed sciences which may read more
The human understanding is no dry light, but receives infusion from the will and affections; which proceed sciences which may be called "sciences as one would." For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he rejects difficult things from impatience of research; sober things, because they narrow hope; the deeper things of nature, from superstition; the light of experience, from arrogance and pride; things not commonly believed, out of deference to the opinion of the vulgar. Numberless in short are the ways, and sometimes imperceptible, in which the affections color and infect the understanding.
God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.
God hears no more than the heart speaks; and if the heart be dumb, God will certainly be deaf.
Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.
Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.
We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
I am treated as evil by people who claim that they are being oppressed because they are not allowed to read more
I am treated as evil by people who claim that they are being oppressed because they are not allowed to force me to practice what they do.
The Churches must learn humility as well as teach it.
The Churches must learn humility as well as teach it.
The Bible looks like it started out as a game of Mad Libs.
The Bible looks like it started out as a game of Mad Libs.
We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.
We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.
