God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.


Johannes Tauler

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For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
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For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
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if God spared not His own Son, how much less will He spare you!
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become his intere...
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He who has no house of his own is everywhere at home.
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Such was the greatness of that God, that he would repeat his own name while telling his beads.
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He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.
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He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.
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"The Torah tells us He has made...
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Wisdom is the reward for surviving our own stupidity.
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No one is ordinary because every person carries the wisdom of his own unique path!
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In his own description, he has said that this is more psychological.
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No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs to his race, and that which...
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Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience.
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Do not look for endorsement from others if God has already shown you his will for your life! Trust a...
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He who works with his hands is a laborer.
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He who has never seen any money in life will betray his own world to have it.
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The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will no...
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Where God has his church the Devil will have his chapel
SPANISH PROVERB
Pedro is Pedro. He hits his spots and changes speeds. He works in-and-out. He doesn't have to throw ...
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He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or consci...
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Men will allow God to be everywhere but on his throne. They will allow him to be in his workshop to ...
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One who has no love in his heart will try to possess everything for himself. One who has love in his...
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He is going to try by all means to hire his own team of lawyers. He has already decided to retain so...
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He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any...
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He has his own little enclosure,
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