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There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence i

There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence. – John Calvin

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There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God. – John Calvin

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Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. – John Calvin

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However many blessings we expect from God, His infinite liberality will always exceed all our wishes and our thoughts. – John Calvin

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Human folk are as a matter of fact eager to find intelligence in animals. – Edward Thorndike

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Cynicism is the intellectual cripples substitute for intelligence. – Russell Lynes

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The intelligence of few perceives what has been carefully hidden in the recesses of the mind. – Phaedrus

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Newt Gingrich has a restless and outsized intelligence that is tragically unleavened by any kind of critical sensibility. – John Podhoretz

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