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«It belongs to the very substance of nonviolence never to destroy or damage another person's feeling of self worth, even an opponent's. We all need, constantly, an advance of trust and affirmation.»
«Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal.»
«Man is a substance clad in shadows.»
«Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.»
«Evil (ignorance) is like a shadow. It has no real substance of its own, it is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a shadow to disappear by trying to fight it, stamp on it, by railing against it, or any other form of emotional or physical resistance. In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it.»
«I love words ... so I can be a sucker for eloquence. Sometimes I assume that there is substance behind the words. Sometimes I am right. And, sometimes I am wrong.»
«Men shall have the preeminence above women, because of those advantages wherein God hath caused the one of them to excel the other, and for that which they expend of their substance in maintaining their wives»
«Everything here but the soul of man is a passing shadow. The only enduring substance is within. When shall we awake to the sublime greatness, the perils, the accountableness, and the glorious destinies of the immortal soul?»
«Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1)»
Author: Bible | About: Faith | Keywords: Hebrews, hoped-for, hoped, substance
«Love like a shadow flies when substance love pursues;Pursuing that that flies, and flying what pursues.»

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