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“Let us think often that our only business in this life is to please God. Perhaps all besides is but folly and vanity. ”
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“...the rarest of all human qualities is consistency.”
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“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”
― Confessions
― Confessions
“We do not simply decide to believe, having been convinced by factual evidence. We first grasp the truth, being enabled by the Holy Spirit, and then the external evidence for the truth suddenly takes on new significance. Thus we ‘understand’ by faith.
Anselm said, ‘I believe in order that I may understand’ whereas Abelard said, ‘I seek to understand in order that I may believe.”
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Anselm said, ‘I believe in order that I may understand’ whereas Abelard said, ‘I seek to understand in order that I may believe.”
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“...happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer hardships all our life long merely to amuse ourselves.... The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement....”
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Rob’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Rob’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
139 books
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11 friends
686 books
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33 friends
3,508 books
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74 friends
455 books
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88 friends
48 books
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46 friends
386 books
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40 friends
189 books
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32 friends
784 books
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30 friends
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