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• Nothing but grace makes a man so humble and, at the same time, so glad.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Humble, Men, Glad

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• This is now a covenant of pure grace; let no man attempt to mix works with it.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Men, Covenant, Pure

  Charles H. Spurgeon (2010). “Collected Works Vol. 1”, p.201, Lulu.com

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• No matter how good you think yourself to be, you cannot enter heaven unless it is under the terms of sovereign grace.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Thinking, Heaven, Matter

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• Grace ceases to be grace if God is compelled to bestow it in the presence of human merit.

  Sam Storms

  Merit, Humans, Compelled

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• Grace is the very opposite of merit... Grace is not only undeserved favor, but it is favor, shown to the one who has deserved the very opposite.

  Henry Allen Ironside

  Opposites, Favors, Merit

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• It is the way of grace. People do not merit salvation but receive it as a free gift from God on the basis of what Christ's death accomplished.

  Leon Morris

  Free Gifts, People, Way

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• Because the sinless Savior died My sinful soul is counted free. For God the just is satisfied To look on Him and pardon me.

  Charitie Lees Smith

  God, Religious, Jesus

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• Nothing is quite beautiful alone; nothing but is beautiful in the whole. A single object is only so far beautiful as it suggests this universal grace.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Beautiful, Universal, Whole

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.18, Library of America

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• Events do not happen; they are just there, and we come across them.

  Arthur Eddington

  Events, Happens

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• The 'coming of the Self' is an apocalypse for the ego, the 'you' that wants to hang along for the ride. It may be that the only way to survive the Apocalypse is to undergo it, first, within your own being.

  Daniel Pinchbeck

  Self, Ego, Growth

  Daniel Pinchbeck (2007). “2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl”, p.120, Penguin

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• As everyone knows, there is no intelligence in coercion or forcing another into action or realization. And if the name of the galactic game is superior, intelligent harmonization, it must be played so that the local intelligence is taught or shown how it works in such a manner that it comes to its own conclusions. In other words, the galactic code of honor is to manifest and demonstrate harmony by whatever means possible.

  Jose Arguelles

  Mean, Intelligent, Games

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• All Profound things, and emotions of things are preceded and attended by Silence... Silence is the general consecration of the universe. Silence is the invisible laying on of the Divine Pontiff's hands upon the world. Silence is at once the most harmless and the most awful thing in all nature. It speaks of the Reserved Forces of Fate. Silence is the only Voice of our God.

  Herman Melville

  Fate, Hands, Voice

  "Pierre: or, The Ambiguities" by Herman Melville, (Bk. XIV, ch. 1), 1852.

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• If you possess a library and a garden, you have everything you need. (translation from the French) Si vous possedez une bibliotheque et un jardin, vous avez tout ce qu'il vous faut.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Garden, Library, Needs

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• Grace is not opposed to effort; it's opposed to earning.

  Dallas Willard

  Effort, Earning

  Dallas Willard (2012). “Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God”, p.254, InterVarsity Press

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• Grace means undeserved kindness. It is the gift of God to man the moment he sees he is unworthy of God's favor.

  Dwight L. Moody

  Kindness, Mean, Men

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• Laughter is grace in its gaseous form.

  Cathleen Falsani

  Laughter, Form

  Cathleen Falsani (2008). “Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace”, p.21, Harper Collins

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• Enlightenment is lightening up.

  Mike Myers

  Enlightenment

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• Pay attention to the things that bring a tear to your eye or a lump in your throat because they are signs that the holy is drawing near.

  Frederick Buechner

  Eye, Drawing, Tears

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• Music is a vehicle that propels me and so many other people toward a place we might call grace.

  Cathleen Falsani

  People, Might, Music Is

  Cathleen Falsani (2008). “Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace”, p.40, Harper Collins

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• Thinking prevents the unconscious from speaking.

  Thomas Merton

  Thinking, Unconscious

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• Take great comfort in knowing that ALL great feats are accomplished one small step at a time.

  Og Mandino

  Knowing, Steps, Comfort

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• Like a cube of ice, anger cannot be eliminated by applying force, only by applying warmth, compassion and kindness.

  Deepak Chopra

  Kindness, Compassion, Ice

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• We must meet hate with love. We must meet physical force with soul force.

  Martin Luther

  Hate, Soul, Force

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• [Religion is] the attempt to be in harmony with an unseen order of things.

  William James

  Order, Unseen, Harmony

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• Your own reason is the only oracle given to you by God.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Oracles, Reason, Given

  Thomas Jefferson (1977). “The Portable Thomas Jefferson”, p.335, Penguin

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