"Brethren, the Deity was not revealed to gratify our curiosity, or to increase our pride of intellect, but to bring us into relations of affection, submission, and communion with Him."

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Source : Edward Norris Kirk (1857). “Discourses: Doctrinal and Practical”, p.25

Edward Norris Kirk

#Pride Quotes #Curiosity Quotes #Deities Quotes

“I'm about as big a star as the Baha'i faith has got, which is pretty pathetic.”
“Most art students are generous till it comes to squeezing their colour on the palette... Many pictures haven't become works of art simply because the artist tried to save a nickel's worth of colour.”
“You will be led to do the right thing at the right time and in the right way.”
“It's got big riffs and really it's a rock and roll album. I think Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver fans will relate to that”
“Life was a freight train barreling toward just one stop, our loved ones streaking past our windows in blurs of color and light. There was no holding on to any of it, and no slowing it down.”
“I learned that it was in hard times that people usually changed the course of their life; in good times, they frequently only talked about change. Hard times forced them to overcome the doubts that normally gave them pause.It surprised me how often we hold ourselves back until we have no choice.”
“There's a lot of fantasy about what Scotland is, and the shortbread tins and that sort of thing.”
“My father was interested in bringing reggae music to the entire world.”

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