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There is simply something wrong with my conscience. I do try to wrestle with the devil as I ought, but, like Eve, even when tempted by the Forbidden Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, I succumb. Good as they are, how could my parents have bred a daughter like me? ↗

— Miriam Brenaman

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Wide is the gate and broad is the path that leads to destruction and many go that way ↗

— Mary Doria Russell

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I’m from Texas…the bigger the hair, the closer to God! ↗

— Lilly Ghalichi

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The apostle Paul wrote that he'd learned to be content in whatever circumstances he was in. I used to think I was content, but now I could see that my contentment was based upon how well I controlled the circumstances of my life, not upon my trust in a loving God. ↗

— Robin Lee Hatcher

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A paradox is something which tests your spiritual eyesight. ↗

— John Bailey

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To which hand do I choose to strike with when both hands are guided by the same heart? ↗

— Carroll Bryant

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No matter your performance on the playing field of life today, the Lord has a hug awaiting you at the day's end. He is your Number One Fan." John 16:33 "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."(less) ↗

— Honor Books

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With every morn my life afresh must break The crust of self, gathered about me fresh; That thy wind-spirit may rush in and shake The darkness out of me, and rend the mesh The spider-devils spin out of the flesh- Eager to net the soul before it wake, That it may slumberous lie, and listen to the snake. George MacDonald ↗

— George MacDonald

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When the mind is silent, beyond weakness or non concentration, then it can enter into a world which is far beyond the mind,the highest End ↗

— Maitreya Upanishad

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In the midst of the storm, your life boat appears. A psalm, a hymn, a word... calming the fiercest winds of the soul. ↗

— The Refined Poet

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