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

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We need to make a greater investment in human intelligence. – Bob Graham

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Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked. – Steve Wozniak

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As a nation we have, over the past seven years, been rebuilding our intelligence with powerful capabilities that many thought we would no longer need after the Cold War. We have been rebuilding our clandestine service, our satellite and other technical collection, our analytical depth and expertise. – George Tenet

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Foreign Ministry guys dont become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies. – Aldrich Ames

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We have domesticated Gods transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus but our ideas about Santa Claus change, mature and become more nuanced, whereas our ideas of God can remain at a rather infantile level. – Karen Armstrong

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