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I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.

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In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary.
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Nature Necessary Purpose
Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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Charity Money Poor
Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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Lose Right Truth Wrong
All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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Angel Body Force Self Love
The second class of evils comprises such evils as people cause to each other, when, e.g. , some of them use their strength against others. These evils are more numerous than those of the first kind. They likewise originate in ourselves, though the sufferer himself cannot avert them.
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Evil People Strength Suffering
I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be his name, is not a body, and that he is free from all accidents of matter, and that he has not any form whatsoever.
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Believe Blessing Faith Myself Perfection
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
Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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Charity Poor
Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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Character Lie Man Wisdom
For it is said, You shall strengthen the stranger and the dweller in your midst and live with him, that is to say, strengthen him until he needs no longer fall upon the mercy of the community or be in need.
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Community Fall Live Need Strength Yourself
Hold firmly to your word.
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One Liner Word Yourself
All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
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Act God Himself Quality
God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
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Existence God Home
Astrology is a sickness, not a science. It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.
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Science Sick Tree
Man’s shortcomings and sins are all due to the substance of the body and not to its form; while all his merits are exclusively due to his form.
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Body Man Philosophy Sin
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

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