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Complacency is the deadly enemy of spiritual progress. The contented soul is the stagnant soul.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

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Aiden Wilson Tozer
Age: 66 †
Born: 1897
Born: April 21
Died: 1963
Died: May 12
Author
Clergyman
Theologian
Writer
Pennsylvania
United States
Aiden Wilson Tozer
Enemy
Spiritual
Soul
Contentedness
Stagnant
Contented
Complacency
Deadly
Progress

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