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" White... is not a mere absence of colour; it is a shining and affirmative thing, as fierce as red, as definite as black... God paints in many colours; but He never paints so gorgeously, I had almost said so gaudily, as when He paints in white. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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" It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him. "

" A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands. "

" Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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" I believe in one power, and that is the hand of God. I respect all religions. "

" Let the inner god that is in each one of us speak. The temple is your body, and the priest is your heart: it is from here that every awareness must begin. "

" On Earth, God has placed no more than two powers, and as there is in Heaven but one God, so is there here one Pope and one Emperor. Divine providence has specially appointed the Roman Empire to prevent the continuance of schism in the Church. "

Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

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Earth

Roman Empire

" God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing. "

" There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God's finger on man's shoulder. "

" One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call. "

" For it pleased God, after he had made all things by the word of his power, to create man after his own image. "

" God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart. "

Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Grass

Heart

" Realize that illness and other temporal setbacks often come to us from the hand of God our Lord, and are sent to help us know ourselves better, to free ourselves of the love of created things, and to reflect on the brevity of this life and, thus, to prepare ourselves for the life which is without end. "

" Sometimes I haven't understood why he has done things and why things happened, but I know that God has a plan. "

" Every volcano is a powerful illustration of God's character. He is a Vesuvius of goodness, life, and energy. "

" Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God. "

George Washington Carver

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Woods

Nature

" Everyone can relate to love, hurt, pain, learning how to forgive, needing to get over, needing the power of God in their life. "

" My dream is to live a good life and be loving, be close to God and be a good human being and bring peace to people. "

Ziggy Marley

" I just hope that as I get older, I calm down and enjoy the moment, enjoy the great gifts that God has given me. "

Alex Rodriguez

Moment

Hope

" An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Adventure

Rightly

Only

" In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike. "

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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God

Human

" I am not afraid of my enemies, but by God, you must look out when you get among your friends. "

" It's not as though we can keep burning coal in our power plants. Coal is a finite resource, too. We must find alternatives, and it's a better idea to find alternatives sooner then wait until we run out of coal, and in the meantime, put God knows how many trillions of tons of CO2 that used to be buried underground into the atmosphere. "

" God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. "

" What God wants is for us to live by His rules, resulting in the receiving of His blessing and power. When we as Christians, celebrating our differences, join together as the house of God representing the kingdom of God for the glory of God, we get the response of God to our presence in history. "

" In string theory, all particles are vibrations on a tiny rubber band; physics is the harmonies on the string; chemistry is the melodies we play on vibrating strings; the universe is a symphony of strings, and the 'Mind of God' is cosmic music resonating in 11-dimensional hyperspace. "

" Because God gave you your makeup and superintended every moment of your past, including all the hardship, pain, and struggles, He wants to use your words in a unique manner. No one else can speak through your vocal cords, and, equally important, no one else has your story. "

" When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day; I ask him to keep me strong and make me a good teacher and to keep spreading this right word. "