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Quote by Simone Weil
The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an objec

The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation. – Simone Weil

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As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles. – Simone Weil

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Fear
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Every new development for the last three centuries has brought men closer to a state of affairs in which absolutely nothing would be recognized in the whole world as possessing a claim to obedience except the authority of the State. The majority of people in Europe obey nothing else. – Simone Weil

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State
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The New Right, in many cases, is doing nothing less than placing a heretical claim on Christian faith that distorts, confuses, and destroys the opportunity for a biblical understanding of Jesus Christ and of his gospel for millions of people. – Mark Hatfield

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Um, I have an enormous faith in God. I have an enormous support system that also has that same belief. – Katey Sagal

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If you want to lose your faith, make friends with a priest. – G. I. Gurdjieff

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You just kind of have faith. If that sounds kind of mystical, its because I really dont know how it works, but I trust that it does. I try to write the way I read, in order to find out what happens next. – Richard Russo

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They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master. – Samuel Johnson

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A man filled with the love of God is not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race. – Joseph Smith, Jr.

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