"Enough's a surfeit to the soul."

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“Creation differs from subsistence only as the first leap of a fountain differs from its continuance.”

“Life is not life at all without delight.”

“Nothingness is capacity, and night the opportunity of light.”

“Religion is not religion until it has become, not only natural, but so natural that nothing else seems natural in its presence.”

“None thrives for long upon the happiest dream.”

“Woman is the sum and complex of all nature, and is the visible glory of God. The "Word made Flesh" is the word made Woman.”

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"Why have these people so blithely handed me the right to risk their lives? God, I hate command."

— Lois McMaster Bujold

Literature1949

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"The grand old Book of God still stands; and this old earth, the more its leaves are turned over and pondered, the more it will sustain and illustrate the Sacred word."

— James Dwight Dana

Science1813–1895

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"To a close-shorn sheep God gives wind by measure."

— George Herbert

Music1593–1633

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"Americans may laud Charlie Hebdo for being brave enough to publish cartoons ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad, but, if Ayaan Hirsi Ali is invited to campus, there are often calls to deny her a podium. S…"

— David Brooks (journalist)

Literature1961

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