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Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence. ↗

— David Ben-Gurion

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The devil had as good have let Paul alone, for he no sooner comes into prison but he falls a preaching, at which the gates of Satan's prison fly open, and poor sinners come forth. ↗

— William Gurnall

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All the plots of hell and commotions on earth have not so much as shaken God's hand to spoil one letter or line he has been drawing. ↗

— William Gurnall

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Compare Scripture with Scripture. False doctrines, like false witnesses, agree not among themselves. ↗

— William Gurnall

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God hath made it a debt which one saint owes to another to carry their names to a throne of grace. ↗

— William Gurnall

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Mercy should make us ashamed, wrath afraid to sin. ↗

— William Gurnall

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Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer. ↗

— William Gurnall

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Of all creatures in this visible world, light is the most glorious; of all light, the light of the sun without compare excels the rest. ↗

— William Gurnall

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We have peace with God as soon as we believe, but not always with ourselves. The pardon may be past the prince's hand and seal, and yet not put into the prisoner's hand. ↗

— William Gurnall

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Usually I am on a work for a long stretch, until a moment arrives when the air of the arbitrary vanishes, and the paint falls into positions that feel destined. ↗

— Philip Guston

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