"For the spiritual efficacy of the Sacrament doth not depend upon the nature of the thing received, supposing we received what our Lord appointed, and receive it with a right preparation and disposition of mind, but upon the supernatural blessing that goes along with it, and makes it effectual to those spiritual ends for which it was appointed."

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Source : John Tillotson (1685). “A Discourse Against Transubstantiation”, p.30

John Tillotson

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“I HAVE no patience with the hypothesis occasionally expressed, and often implied, especially in tales written to teach children to be good, that babies are born pretty much alike, and that the sole agencies in creating differences between boy and boy, and man and man, are steady application and moral effort. It is in the most unqualified manner that I object to pretensions of natural equality. The experiences of the nursery, the school, the University, and of professional careers, are a chain of proofs to the contrary.”

Source : Sir Francis Galton (1870). “Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry Into Its Laws and Consequences”, p.14
“[T]he Super Bowl, the quintessential American creation. A dizzying mÃ©lange of brilliant entrepreneurship in an atmosphere of intense competition. It is the perfect show for the most intensely competitive culture in this solar system.”
“All I want anyone to get out of my paintings, and all I ever get out of them, is the fact that you can see the whole idea without any confusionâ€¦What you see is what you see.”

Source : Frank Stella, Robert Carleton Hobbs, Singapore Tyler Print Institute (2002). “Frank Stella in 2002”
“Nothing gives me quite so much joy as when people tell me they've had their pets spayed or neutered.”
“To something that looks very different. The thing to understand here is that Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, they're not the disease and they're not the symptom of the disease. They are the beta test of a cure for the perspective of the people.”

Source : Source: www.cbsnews.com
“Photography, as we all know, is not real at all. It is an illusion of reality with which we create our own private world.”

Source : Arnold Newman, Bruce Weber (1988). “Arnold Newman in Florida”, David R Godine Pub
“You can't make a life without making mistakes. Relax and learn something”
“Thereâ€™s beauty all around our paths, If but our watchful eyes Can trace it â€™midst familiar things, And through their lowly guise.”

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