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Some things mankind can finish and be done with, but not ... science, that persists, and changes from ancient Chaldeans studying the stars to a new telescope with a 200-inch reflector and beyond; not religion, that persists, and changes from old credulities and world views to new thoughts of God and larger apprehensions of his meaning.

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He who picks up one end of a stick picks up the other. He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to. It is the means that det…

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We cannot all be great, but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

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I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

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Real Christians do not carry their religion, their religion carries them. It is not weight, it is wings.

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Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.

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No one can be wrong with man and right with God.

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