"Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day."

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Source : Theodore Parker (1867). “The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Sermons. Prayers”, p.88

Theodore Parker

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“Politics is chiefly a function of culture, at the heart of culture is morality, and at the heart of morality is religion.”

Source : "2016 Race: Is looking for faith in a candidate the wrong way to approach the voting booth?" by Bruce Riley Ashford , Chris Pappalardo, www.foxnews.com. January 21, 2016.
“Great leaders gain authority by giving it away.”
“My NFL pension can barely pay my son's tuition. You know, it's very little money.”
“I have a horror of tags and labels. I don't understand, for instance, how people can talk about Bergman's "symbolism". Far from being symbolic, be seems to me, through and almost biological naturalism, to arrive at the spiritual truth about human life that is important to him.”
“I miss her, but I don't want to see her.”
“Every couple has ups and downs, every couple argues, and thatâ€™s the thingâ€”youâ€™re a couple, and couples canâ€™t function without trust.”
“Water and petrol both come from the earth, and though they seem to be alike and even the same, they are in nature and purpose exact opposites, for the one extinguishes fire and the other adds fuel to it. So also the world and its treasures, the heart and its thirst for God are alike His creation. Now the result of the attempt to satisfy the heart with the wealth and pride and honours of this world is the same as if one tried to put out a fire with petrol, for the heart can only find ease and satisfaction in Him who created both it and the longing desire of which it is conscious.”
“He has the gift of quiet.”

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