The church exists for the sake of those outside it.

William Temple
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  1. The true value of a man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

  2. Damn it, how will I ever get out of this labyrinth? - Simon Bolivar

  3. That which is true must always remain true, though the applications may change greatly from generation to generation. It is the absence of such fundamental certainties, no doubt, that leads men into continual search for a satisfying religion, or that drives them away from their... - John A. Widtsoe

  4. The better men know the Lord, the better may the eternal truths we learn be applied in our daily lives. - John A. Widtsoe

  5. The immature think that knowledge and action are different, but the wise see them as the same. - Anonymous

More Quotes By William Temple
  1. Art is the effort to appreciate and express the God who is its Beauty.

  2. Religion is what you do with your solitude.

  3. The most influential of all educational factor is the conversation in a child's home.

  4. To worship is to quicken the conscience by the holiness of God, to feed the mind with the truth of God, to purge the imagination by the beauty of God, to open the heart to the love of God, to devote the will to the...

  5. If your prayer is selfish the answer will be something that will rebuke your selfishness. You may not recognize it as having come at all but it is sure to be there.

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