Eunice Kathleen Waymon (Nina Simone) Quotes

That is why we fly from the inner void, since God might steal into it. It is not the pursuit of pleasure and the aversion for effort which causes sin, but fear of God. We know that we cannot see him face to face without dying, and we do not want to die.

Eunice Kathleen Waymon

• God
• Die
• Face to Face
• Fear Of God

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  • God
  • Die
  • Face to Face