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All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.

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The fact that laws were given to man, both affirmative and negative, supports the principle, that God’s knowledge of future events does not change their character. The great doubt that presents itself to our mind is the result of the insufficiency of our intellect.
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Change Character Doubt God Intellectual Knowledge Law Man Mindset Ourselves Present Principle Result Support
Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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Charity Money Poor
A truth does not become greater by repetition.
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Greatness Truth
Your purpose, should always be to know, the whole that was intended to be known.
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Philosophy Purpose Yourself
Astrology is a disease, not a science. It is a tree under the shadow of which all sorts of superstitions thrive. Only fools and charlatans lend value to it.
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Disease Fools Science Sick Tree Value
A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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Greatness Nation Rule Wisdom Worth
There are eight levels of charity. The highest is when you strengthen a man’s hand until he need no longer be dependent upon others.
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Charity Hands Man Strength
The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.
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Himself Man View Youth
Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
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Acceptance Blessing Generosity
For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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Beginning Need Philosophy
All the evils that men cause to each other because of certain desires, or opinions or religious principles, are rooted in ignorance. [All hatred would come to an end] when the earth was flooded with the knowledge of God.
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Belief Desire End Evil God Hate Ignorance Knowledge Man Religious
Hold firmly to your word.
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One Liner Word Yourself
Hear the truth from whomever says it.
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One Liner Truth
Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.
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Difficult Imagination Problem Understand
All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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Angel Body Force Self Love
God cannot be compared to anything.
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God One Liner

All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.

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