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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Many of the lessons we are to learn in mortality can only be received through the things we experience and sometimes suffer. And God expects and trusts us to face temporary mortal adversity with His help so we can learn what we need to learn and ultimately become what we are to become in eternity.
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You can pray until you faint, but unless you get up and try to do something, God is not going to put it in your lap.
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The marvelous thing about a good question is that it shapes our identity as much by the asking as it does by the answering.
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I must learn that the purpose of my life belongs to God, not me. God is using me from His great personal perspective, and all He asks of me is that I trust Him. ... When I stop telling God what I want, He can freely work His will in me without any hindrance. ... Self-pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it I cannot be used by God for His purpose in the world.
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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.
