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" The gospel to me is simply irresistible. "

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" Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us. "

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" Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established. "

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" We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike. "

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" It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer. "

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" In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't. "

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" If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order to make ourselves happy. "

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" The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine days within me; my prosperity or misfortune has little to do with the matter. "

" Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm. "

" To have no time for philosophy is to be a true philosopher. "

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" Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them. "

" You always admire what you really don't understand. "

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