Remember this. When people choose to withdraw far from a fire, the fire continues to give warmth, but they grow cold. When people choose to withdraw far from light, the light continues to be bright in itself but they are in darkness. This is also the case when people withdraw from God.

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Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

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If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.

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He who denies the existence of God, has some reason for wishing that God did not exist.

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Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.

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Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

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To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement.

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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.

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It is no advantage to be near the light if the eyes are closed.

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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

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