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I asked the whole frame of the world about my God and he answered, I am not He, but He made me.

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Let him who desires to be harsh in making demands upon his debtors consider that he is God’s debtor.
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Why persist in walking difficult and toilsome paths? There is no repose where you are seeking it. Search as you like, it is not where you are looking. You are seeking a happy life in the realm of death, and it will not be found there. How could life be happy where there is no life at all?
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You have enemies. For who can live on this earth without them? Take heed to yourselves: love them. In no way can your enemy so hurt you by his violence, as you hurt yourself if you love him not.
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Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need the remainder is needed by others.
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I did not find you outside, O Lord, because I made the mistake of seeking outside you who were within
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How can the past and future be, when the past no longer is, and the future is not yet? As for the present, if it were always present and never moved on to become the past, it would not be time, but eternity.
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If God is, why is there evil? But if God is not, why is there good?
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