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God is more there than thou: for thou art there
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spirit shall return unto God who gave i... BIBLE Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. BIBLE The one principle of hell is – “I am my own GEORGE MACDONALD What is needed is the intelligent management of Earth's resources. If we really wish to put an e... JACQUE FRESCO This artificial colony on the space station is incredibly lacking compared to the quality of life on... ULF MERBOLD What the world needs today more than anything else is an implicit faith in God, our Father, and in J... HEBER J. GRANT It is not that God's help and presence must still be proved in our life; rather God's presence and h... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER God is expecting us to stand in the gap between the dying earth and the heavens, for the will of God... SUNDAY ADELAJA One of the great differences that set Jews apart from other cultural groups is that we see our wealt... 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DIETRICH BONHOEFFER There is in St. Paul's definite, soul-stirring assertion of the wrath of God and the reality of the ... ROLAND ALLEN Earth as an ecosystem stands out in the all of the universe. There's no place that we know about... SYLVIA EARLE We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully fl... RUSSELL M. NELSON Humans are the most intelligent creation on earth, according to all those that responded to the surv... DAVID CHARLES BONSALL Science is great for us. But for someone who sees the humans for more than one million years, scienc... MUDITHA CHAMPIKA What you do in your house is worth as much as if you did it up in heaven for our Lord God. We sho... MARTIN LUTHER no one knows why we are put on this earth i dont think any of them are true i dont even know why we ... DALLY SALAD My hair would continue to gray, and then one day, it would fall out entirely, and then, on a day mea... 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JON KATZ Kids leave us and go off on their own lives. Family members tell us what they think of us. Animals c... JON KATZ When an animal dies, it gives you the chance to love another animal. That's an insightful and pr... JON KATZ It is possible to take something beautiful and lasting out of the heart-wrenching experience of seei... JON KATZ A good breeder or experienced rescue agency wants you to prove that you'll be a capable caretake... JON KATZ Taking responsibility and having faith in your own judgment will help you make good choices and deci... JON KATZ When you write about animals, of course, you are really writing about the people who love and live w... JON KATZ The Perfect Dog is an enticing fantasy pooch. It's the dog that instantly learns to pee outdoors... JON KATZ Dogs and other animals - goats, donkeys, cows, a grumpy rooster - continue to change my writing life... JON KATZ My goats are not contemplative, accepting, or introspective. They are the Greek chorus of my farm, s... JON KATZ There is no evidence that dogs have the kind of complex emotional lives and value systems that we do... JON KATZ I'm always happy when people choose to get another dog because it's a healthy and healing th... JON KATZ I think of animals more as spirits that come and go. They enter our lives at a particular time and t... JON KATZ It's important to remember that the animals are not grieving with us. They're very accepting... JON KATZ Why is it that if you take advantage of a corporate tax break you're a smart businessman, but if... JON STEWART The two biggest things that translate from the pitching mound to hunting and fishing are patience an... JON LESTER One gets the impression that Elvis Presley does what his business advisors think will be most profit... JON LANDAU The best thing is to go public only when you're absolutely sure that's the right move for th... JON ORINGER That's the fun of going to a high school reunion: it's seeing the people who you were close ... JON HURWITZ Presently, the Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History has been brought ab... JON PORTER There is a lack of talent in technology, and we need to be encouraging kids in school to learn how t... JON ORINGER Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. We live in a fragmented and disconnected culture. Po... JON KATZ I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house... JON STEWART When you get together with childhood friends, for example, there's an intimacy that you instantl... JON TENNEY The Rolling Stones have been the best of all possible worlds: they have the lack of pretension and s... JON LANDAU I'm just thankful I'm surrounded by good people. JON PARDI Expand the definition of 'reading' to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines,... JON SCIESZKA Having a college degree gave me the opportunity to be... well-rounded. Also, the people I met at the... JON SECADA I'm a funny guy. You've got to be able to make fun of yourself. We only live once. JON PARDI First of all, this whole idea of this one percent versus the 99 percent, it's a false statistic.... JON LOVITZ Gallien cứ băn khoăn không hiểu liệu có phải anh đã nhặt ở cuối bang thứ bốn... JON KRAKAUER Ten years of character development affords you a lot. You get a chance to dig deeper and deeper and ... JON TENNEY Bob Dylan may be the Charlie Chaplin of rock n' roll. Both men are regarded as geniuses by their... JON LANDAU It didn't matter that Charlie Chaplin may not have been a great director or a great anything els... JON LANDAU I held top-secret security clearance. JON OSSOFF