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Learning isn't acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired.

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I am not here to merely argue about the perplexities regarding theism or philosophy, but to be a light to the world and to reach out to those who long to be a part of that light.
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Persistence. Perfection. Patience. Power. Prioritize your passion. It keeps you sane.
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Beyond all sciences, philosophies, theologies, and histories, a child's relentless inquiry is truly all it takes to remind us that we don't know as much as we think we know.
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We are to love God most importantly so that we can grow to love people as he loved us, not so that we can feel more divine and worthy than the worldly.
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If ever it's necessary to ride the bandwagon, it's done with one leg swinging out and eyes scoping the fields.
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When you're appeasing too much, you might be egotistically over-estimating everyone's need for your approval.
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Frequent risk-takers have had their fair shares of failures and successes, hence, being confident in reaching their goals, they will usually seem insensitive to whether or not they look foolish or cool to other people.
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Because there are hundreds of different ways to say one thing, I, being a writer, songwriter, and poet, speak childishly and incoherently. In speech there is so much to decide in so little time.
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Tolerance never exists without negative judgment. It is the sentiment of having a negative opinion about something yet still putting up with it.
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The best people are always the worst. They drive everyone mad by being so good at second-guessing everything bad.
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It always seems as though the definition of love will remain debatable by an opinionated world.
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Everyone has a natural slant towards seeking themselves. This gets in the way of seeking God unless God intervenes.
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We tend to think that refusing to exalt Christ is staying true to our self-will and personal freedom when really we are condemning ourselves. Sure, we can pretend to stay true to ourselves, but if you want to talk about reality, all of that is completely trivial if this life is an island and He's the only pilot with a plane and a flight plan.
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Man has 2 common problems with God: the one is that there is evil in the world the other is that free will is limited. The one, he is charging that the world is too evil the other is that it is not evil enough.
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The hated man is the result of his hater's pride rather than his hater's conscience.
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When most of the greatest individuals in history were misunderstood and you've spent so much of your own adult life misunderstood, you can't help but believe that the majority of people know very little worth knowing.
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