They were the triumphant and insolent possessors; they had a hall, and a fire, and food and clothing and money, and so they might preach to hungry men, and the hungry men must be humble and listen. They were trying to save their souls- and who but a fool could fail to see that all that was the matter with their souls was that they had not managed to get a decent existence for their bodies?

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To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.

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Fire and water looked so lovely together. It was a pity they destroyed each other by nature. ― R.F. Kuang

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The closer you get to the truth, the clearer becomes the beauty, and the more you will find worship welling up within you. That's why theology and worship belong together.

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You become like what you worship

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You become like what you worship. When you gaze in awe, admiration, and wonder at something or someone, you begin to take on something of the character of the object of your worship.

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To feel the love of people whom we love is a fire that feeds our life.

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A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe. ― Madeleine L'Engle

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The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brains of the living. ― Karl Marx,

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One must never let the fire go out in one's soul, but keep it burning.

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