#vine

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Unbeliever is he who follows predestination even if he be Muslim, Faithful is he, if he himself is the Divine Destiny. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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Divine life is in touch with the whole universe on the analogy of the soul's contact with the body. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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Plants and minerals are bound to predestination. The faithful is only bound to the Divine orders. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents. ↗

— Aeschylus

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The good pleasure of God is an act of the divine will freely and effectively determining all things. ↗

— William Ames

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