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Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum.

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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
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
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
To pull a friend out of the mire, don’t hesitate to get dirty.
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Dirty Friend Hesitate
From every human being there rises a light.
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Being There Humans Light
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
For my sake, the entire world was created.
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Entire Sake World
The central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God.
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Aspect Feelings Worship
Everything above and below is one unity.
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Above Below Unity
I am going out one door, and shall go through another.
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Doors Going Out
He who is full of joy is full of love.
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Build Joy Light
Forgetfulness leads to exile while remembrance is the secret of redemption.
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Redemption Remembrance Secret
Unless we believe that God renews creation every day, our prayers grow habitual and tedious.
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Believe Creation Prayer
Your fellow man is your mirror. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive will also be flawless. But should you look upon your fellow man and see a blemish, it is your own imperfection that you are encountering – you are being shown what it is that you must correct within yourself.
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Imperfection Men Mirrors
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
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

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