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I believe because it is absurd.

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It is our care for the helpless, our practice of loving kindness, that brands us in the eyes of those who oppose us.
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Eyes Kindness Practice
Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
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Men Moments Prayer
Nature is schoolmistress, the soul the pupil; and whatever one has taught or the other has learned has come from God – the Teacher of the teacher.
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Nature Soul Teaching
A holy woman may be beautiful by the gift of nature, but she must not give occasion to lust. If beauty be hers, so far from setting it off she ought rather to obscure it.
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Beautiful Lust Religious
To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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Birth Death Murder
You can’t undo anything you’ve already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.
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Forgiveness God Let Go Truth
Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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Discipline One Liner
Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.
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Hate Ignorance Men Philosophy
Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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Religious Violence
Prayer is the one thing that can conquer God.
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Conquer God Prayer
Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
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Hope One Liner Patience
Where our joy is, there should our work be.
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Joy Ourselves Work
The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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Faith Impossible
He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.
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Men Present
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
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Evil Fear Nature Shame
The Son of God died; it is by all means to be believed because it is absurd. And he was buried and rose again; the fact is certain, because it is impossible.
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Believe Death God Impossible Mad

I believe because it is absurd.

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