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Quote by Thomas Hardy
The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but t

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him. – Thomas Hardy

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Yes quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down youd treat if met where any bar is, or help to half-a-crown. – Thomas Hardy

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War
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Thomas Hardy
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The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes. – Thomas Hardy

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Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor poetic utterances. They are shaggy dog stories; they have a point, but he who tries too hard to get it will miss it. – W. H. Auden

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The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion. – Ernest Istook

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I used to think religion was just more of the same thing. Dump responsibility on the big guy. Now I see an importance in that. Its a relief to accept that not everything is under your control. – Barbara Kingsolver

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Socialism is the religion people get when they lose their religion. – Richard John Neuhaus

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When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, thats Memoirs. – Will Rogers

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We can only know one thing about God – that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him. – Simone Weil

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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often. – John Henry Newman

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I am a huge supporter for cash for caulkers – which allows people to make improvement for energy efficient in their homes. We should do the same for Americans purchasing appliances and computers and for that matter, new air-conditioner and heating units. – Harold Ford

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