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Absolute faith is not the place of self-affirmation, but the place of self-negation. Life of faith is not limited to our spiritual life. What is important is how our spiritual sensitivity is applied to our relative environment.

Sun Myung Moon

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Sun Myung Moon
Age: 92 †
Born: 1920
Born: February 25
Died: 2012
Died: September 3
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Moon Yong Myeong
Yong Myeong Moon
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