Ezra Taft Benson Quotes
Would we not do well to have the pleasing of God as our motive rather than to try to elevate ourselves above our brother and outdo another?
Quotes to Explore
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The yogi offers his labyrinthine human longings to a monotheistic bonfire dedicated to the unparalleled God. This is indeed the true yogic fire ceremony, in which all past and present desires are fuel consumed by love divine.
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I just knew that God wasn't there. He was a man on a throne in Heaven, so he was easy to forget.
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I believe we are created in the image of God for a particular purpose, and I believe that with all my heart.
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I, for one, can't be sure at all there is a God.
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There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
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If 'everything happens for a reason,' then every act of evil is ultimately God's doing.
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There is no uncreated being except God. God has no opposite.
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George Washington understood that the Bible is the place where God's records of right and wrong are kept.
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I'd come from the bottom of the barrel. Just Owen Hart getting out of the shadow of Bret Hart's little brother. Everyone figured, this is a joke, Owen's going to get squashed.
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Religion and ritual can be vehicles for entering stillness. It says in Psalm 46:10, 'Be still, and know that I am God.' But they are still just vehicles. The Buddha called his teaching a raft: You don't need to carry it around with you after you've crossed the river.
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Put your trust in God; but be sure to keep your powder dry.
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I didn't even know how much of a feminist I was, and I realized, 'Oh my God, I was raised by a single mom who had to raise six kids. I have three sisters. Larry, you've been a feminist your whole life, and you really didn't know it until you've been presented with these issues.'
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I thank God that I left office the same way I came in: with integrity.
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Sin penetrates to the heart, darkens and hardens it until it extinguishes the light of belief. Each sin has a path that leads to unbelief. Unless that sin is swiftly obliterated by seeking God's forgiveness, it grows from a worm into a snake that gnaws at the heart.
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Ay, call it holy ground,The soil where first they trod;They have left unstained what there they found -Freedom to whorship God.
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The only way to show a true respect for God is to act morally while ignoring God’s existence.
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Despite the company outside, I believe in equal rights for everyone. I think God loves all. Thanks for coming to the show though.
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'I never believed in God before.' - that I understand. But not: 'I never really believed in Him before.'
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What's interesting is, in the months leading up to this, I was probably at the lowest ebb in my life. I was feeling just teenage angst. I didn't know if I wanted to continue living - that kind of despair. I was praying to a God I didn't know was listening.
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If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him.
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People ask every day, "Why was I put on earth?" As if there is perhaps one reason. The truth is that there are too many reasons to count, and each reason and each soul connects to every other.
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The question of what it is to live an 'authentic life', that's a complicated one.
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Other human beings have a right to peace and happiness that is equal to our own; therefore we have a responsibility to help those in need.
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Would we not do well to have the pleasing of God as our motive rather than to try to elevate ourselves above our brother and outdo another?
