For whatever be the knowledge which we are able to obtain of God, either by perception or reflection, we must of necessity believe that He is by many degrees far better than what we perceive Him to be.
Origen
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what we believe. What we believe is b... GARY ZUKAV Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we believe. What we believe is b... GARY ZUKAV Protestants believe that the sacraments are like ladders that God gave to us by which we can climb u... PETER KREEFT It's a lie to think that you are not good enough. It's a lie to think that you are not beautiful. It... DISON ARNIBAL He blesses us so we can be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL Rights are either God-given as part of the divine plan, or they are granted by government as part of... EZRA TAFT BENSON In every passing moment that is not appreciated time cannot give it back to you. So in moments of id... GARY F EVANS... I am aware that everyone that exists has a story, and we all exist because that story is important f... ARZELL Dae FATE NAYAE Nanagha Vandhuttoom Da, Sandy , Na Nata, London Lass,Russian Grapes, Ellorum Ippa Van... SATHESH KUMAR M Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we
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Our senses can only inf... STANLEY COREN We do not perceive what is "out there," rather we perceive what is "in here." Our senses can only in... STANLEY COREN Your reality is as you perceive it to be. So, it is true, that by altering this perception we can al... WILIAM CONSTANTINE I think the need to believe in religion is and always was a need to know. Satisfying the NEED T... HAROUTIOUN BOCHNAKIAN By far the greatest part of those goods which are the objects of desire, are procured by labour; and... DAVID RICARDO We cannot ultimately specify the grounds (either metaphysical or logical or empirical) upon which we... MICHAEL POLANYI Our outward appearance is a reflection of what we are on the inside. Our lives reflect that for whic... MARGARET D. NADAULD But since cause and effect is under the personal control of God, He can introduce into the situation... KENNETH L. PIKE There is that gnawing feeling that we are far more than what we believe ourselves to be. Maybe it’... CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI Well: what we gain by science is, after all, sadness, as the Preacher saith. The more we know of the... THOMAS HARDY Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence... MARIE CURIE If we let ourselves believe that man began with divine grace, that he forfeited this by sin, and tha... BLAISE PASCAL We realise that natural aptitudes are not interchangeable, and each person must, of biological or sp... GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL A couple of customers interrupted [...] who wanted to know if we had some YA book about ants and ali... SHAUN DAVID HUTCHINSON To perceive means to immobilize... we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perce... HENRI BERGSON To perceive means to immobilize. We seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns percept... HENRI BERGSON Wealth is not of necessity a curse, nor poverty a blessing. Wholesome and easy abundance is better t... R. D. HITCHCOCK 35. God is entitled to a portion of our income—not because He needs it but because we need to give... JAMES C. DOBSON What will happen if we go to 0 day? ... Everything has been wipe out from the techno... DEYTH BANGER we must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be att... MARIE CURIE Air is approximately 21% oxygen, our brains feed off of oxygen. So basically we are all airheads. ANDONI GARCIA Inspired By Beauty In Creation We Are One DANIEL GILMAN Are shadows a shadowy reflection of the soul or is it a reflection of who we really are, or possibly... GARY F EVANS... We are this fucking stick in the end... DEYTH BANGER We can have skills training in mindfulness so that we are using our attention to perceive something ... SHARON SALZBERG Everything passes by, and we are left with just our memories BEN OAK What God has planned for us is far better than what we desire to behold. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I believe experiencing true friendship is a gift of God! We learn love for him who is invisible, by ... GARY SEIERSTAD God's dreams for us is far better than our own. He desires that we be able to maximize every potenti... RU DELA TORRE Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT The old and honorable idea of 'vocation' is simply that we each are called, by God, or by ou... WENDELL BERRY In periods of rapid personal change, we pass through life as though we are spellcast. We speak in se... DOUGLAS COUPLAND Be the girl you want your daughter to be. Be the girl you want your son to date. Be classy, be smart... GERMANY KENT Another version of the “Prosperity Gospel” or “Name It and Claim It” teaching has to do with... ERIC METAXAS Men, in a word, must necessarily be controlled, either by a power within them, or by a power without... ROBERT CHARLES WINTHROP To be mad is worse than not to be if this is what it is. JOHNNY RICH Hamlet's Cat's Soliloquy "To go outside, and there perchance to stay Or to re... HENRY N. BEARD To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. TOM ROBBINS In the last analysis we must be judged by what we do and not by what we believe. We are as we behave... GEOFFREY L. RUDD We are so constituted by Nature that we easily believe the things we hope for, but believe only with... BARUCH (_BENEDICT DE) SPINOZA Another version of the “Prosperity Gospel” or “Name It and Claim It” teaching has to do with... ERIC METAXAS It is to be acknowledged that many passages in the Bible are abstruse, and not to be easily understo... GEORGE D'OYLY Continuing a Lenten series on prayer: It must be our anxious care, whenever we are ourselves press... JOHN CALVIN Our knowledge of circumstances has increased, but our uncertainty, instead of having diminished, has... CARL VON CLAUSEWITZ What we must understand is that the industries, processes, and inventions created by modern science ... HENRY A. WALLACE None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of the lot, or ... THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY You are worth more than you think you are SOTONYE ANGA We are here because over billions of years, countless variables fell into place, any of which could ... WENDY MASS Shall we not recover ourselves? Shall we not redeem ourselves to one another? Shall we not restore t... L.M. BROWNING What love is it, then, that has no need of words to call us? In whose image are we made, to take suc... CHRISTIAN BOBIN Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that cele... MICHELANGELO We must be content to grow slowly. Most of us will still barely be at the beginning of our recovery ... SIMON TUGWELL Peace is a militant state, which is not secured by wishful thinking.... If we are to be sure of our ... GENERAL JONATHAN MAYHEW WAINWRIGHT In a world of words, anything is possible... LAURA WRIGHT LAROCHE Human is what he decides to be. ZAMAN ALI Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; Therefore, we must be saved by hope.... REINHOLD NIEBUHR Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Not... PHILIP YANCEY For many people, God is a frightening idea. Asking God for help doesn't seem very comforting if we t... MARIANNE WILLIAMSON We are pleased to welcome Jamie for whatever period we are able to have him and he will be involved ... ROY MCFARLAND Such is our dependence upon God that we are obliged not only to do everything for His sake, but also... FRANÇOIS FÉNELON Regarding beliefs and belief systems: We argue what and how we feel, rather than what we - actually ... T.F. HODGE
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