The thirst of soul is sweeter than the wine of material things, and the fear of spirit is dearer than the security of the body.
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You may chain my hands, you may shackle my feet you may even throw me into a dark prison but you shall not enslave my thinking, because it is free.
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Spiritual awakening is the most essential thing in mans life, and it is the the sole purpose of being. Is not civilization, in all its tragic forms, a supreme motive for spiritual awakening.
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Life without Freedom is like a body without a soul, and Freedom without Thought is like a confused spirit.... Life, Freedom and Thought are three-in-one, and are everlasting and shall never pass away.
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The sorrowful spirit finds relaxation in solitude. It abhors people, as a wounded deer deserts the herd and lives in a cave until it is healed or dead.
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God has made many doors opening into truth which He opens to all who knock upon them with hands of faith.
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