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Chocolate stimulates the same part of the brain that morphine acts on. For all intents and purposes, chocolate is a drug—not necessarily a bad one and not a terribly strong one, but strong enough nonetheless to keep us coming back for more.
“If you don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because you have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Your soul is stuffed with small things, and there is no room for the great.”
― A Hunger for God: Desiring God Through Fasting And Prayer
― A Hunger for God: Desiring God Through Fasting And Prayer
“There is only one thing which is generally safe from plagiarism -- self-denial.”
― The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 29: The Illustrated London News, 1911-1913
― The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton Volume 29: The Illustrated London News, 1911-1913
“God created us for this: to live our lives in a way that makes him look more like the greatness and the beauty and the infinite worth that he really is. This is what it means to be created in the image of God.”
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“Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God.”
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“God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him”
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