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To pull a friend out of the mire, don’t hesitate to get dirty.

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If the Bible didn’t show us the weaknesses, the vulnerabilities, the sins of our heroes, we might have deep questions about their true virtue.
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Hero might Weakness
Pleasures are manifestations of God’s name.
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Manifestation Name Pleasure
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Why? Because every human being has a root in the Unity, and to reject the minutest particle of the Unity is to reject it all.
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Neighbor Roots Unity
Everything above and below is one unity.
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Above Below Unity
We should learn and reflect to the best of our capacity, but when we reach a point where we are unable to make sense of life, we should supplant faith for understanding, and reflect again on what we do know.
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Capacity Should Understanding
If a man has beheld evil, he may know that it was shown to him in order that he learn his own guilt and repent; for what is shown to him is also within him.
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Evil Man Order
To pull a friend out of the mire, don’t hesitate to get dirty.
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Dirty Friend Hesitate
Fear builds walls to bar the light.
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Bars Light Wall
Mind is the foundation of man.
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Foundation Man Mind
The ideal of man is to be a revelation himself, clearly to recognize himself as a manifestation of God.
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Manifestation Men Revelation
When a father complains that his son has taken to evil ways, what should he do? Love him more than ever.
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Father Son Taken
The world is new to us every morning – and every man should believe he is reborn each day
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Good Morning Positive Time
Unless we believe that God renews creation every day, our prayers grow habitual and tedious.
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Believe Creation Prayer
There is no room for God in the man who is filled with himself.
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God Men Rooms
From every human being there rises a light.
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Being There Humans Light
People should allow themselves the opportunity to really know what the unity of God means. To grasp a part of the nondivisible union is to grasp the whole.
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Mean Opportunity People

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