H. L. Mencken Quotes
It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.
Quotes to Explore
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At the cross God wrapped his heart in flesh and blood and let it be nailed to the cross for our redemption.
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Scientists didn't discover the noble gas helium - the second most common element in the universe - on Earth until 1895. And they thought it existed in minute quantities only, until miners found a huge underground cache in Kansas in 1903.
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He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.
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The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.
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Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.
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We humans lack imagination, to the point of not even knowing what tomorrow's important things will look like.
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I talk to God every single day. And I say, 'God, my life is in your hands, and I trust you with me.'
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Essentially this promise before curse, this superiority of God's love in Christ, must come from the Bible.
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Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination.
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Pastoral ministry is about an ongoing confrontation with the god of this world, with blindness, hardness of heart, remaining sin.
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Christians believe that God is everywhere and is involved in our lives at every moment, whether we publicly acknowledge God or not.
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Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.
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Young man, the secret of my success is that at early age I discovered that I was not God.
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You matter to God, and every detail of your life matters to Him.
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I think if I did something in the pop world right now, it would be for Rihanna. I'd love to do something production wise for her.
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Ultimately, so much Dr. Seuss is about empowerment. He invites us to disappear into our imagination and then blows the doors off what that can mean.
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God is love. He loves everybody. He loves you.
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I am God's wheat, and I shall be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may become the pure bread of Christ.
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In Lubbock, we grew up with two main things: God loves you and he's gonna send you to hell, and that sex is bad and dirty and nasty and awful and you should save it for the one you love.
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Growing up, music was an important part of my childhood. I see it being just as important in my children and all children's growth and development, and in a parent's connection with their children.
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The assault on Malta will cost us many casualties...but...I consider it absolutely essential for the future development of the war. If we take Malta, Libya will be safe.
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There are a few dogmas and double standards and really regrettable exports from philosophy that have confounded the thinking of scientists on the subject of morality.
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The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value.
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It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.
