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Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.

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From every human being there rises a light.
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Being There Humans Light
He who is full of joy is full of love.
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Build Joy Light
There is no room for God in the man who is filled with himself.
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God Men Rooms
Pleasures are manifestations of God’s name.
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Manifestation Name Pleasure
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
Fear builds walls to bar the light.
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Bars Light Wall
Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, “For my sake, the entire world was created.”
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Feelings Gratitude World
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
The central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God.
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Aspect Feelings Worship
A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.
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Clean Guilty May
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
The world is full of wonders and miracles but man takes his little hand and covers his eyes and sees nothing.
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Eye Hands Men
Everything above and below is one unity.
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Above Below Unity
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
For any of us to come to the understanding that we are common and unlearned is the accomplishment of a lifetime.
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Accomplishment Common Understanding
Telling the proper stories is as if you were approaching the throne of Heaven in a fiery chariot.
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Heaven Stories Thrones

Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.

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