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Saturday, May 16, 2020

If I have seen further, and other quotes

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“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” -- Isaac Newton

“I never will vote for a sermon that has not the slightest perfume of the Rose of Sharon.” -- Robert Patterson

“We are too prone to regard only one of God’s attributes—his mercy; forgetting that he was infinite in them all – his justice as well as his mercy.” -- Robert Patterson

“A place for everything, everything in its place.” -- Benjamin Franklin

“Though we ought to reverence the blessed Bible above all other books, yet we may not worship it, but the Author of it only.” -- Increase Mather

“Excellent research is a team sport.” -- Heather Nelson

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” -- Helen Keller

“We ought to bring nothing of our own when we worship God, but we ought to depend always on the Word of His mouth.” -- John Calvin

“Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from.” -- Seth Godin

“A true love for God must begin with a delight in His holiness, and not with a delight in any other attribute; for no other attribute is truly lovely without this.” -- Jonathan Edwards

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