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There are depths in man which go down the length of the lowest Hell, as there are heights which reach the highest Heaven; — for are not both Heaven and Hell made out of him, everlasting Miracle and Mystery that he is?
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
The French Revolution, Vol. 3, Book 1, ch. 4 (1837)
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This is often cited back to its popular attributed variant in
Tryon Edwards (ed.),
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891):
There are depths in man that go to the lowest hell, and heights that reach the highest heaven, for are not both heaven and hell made out of him, everlasting miracle and mystery that he is.
Martin Luther King, Jr., used that variant in his sermon, "The Christian Doctrine of Man," Detroit Council of Churches’ Noon Lenten Services (12 Mar 1958):
And so they would cry out with Carlyle that there are depths in man which go down to the lowest hell and heights which reach the highest heaven. For are not both heaven and hell made out of Him, everlasting miracle and mystery that He is.
Added on 16-Feb-23 | Last updated 16-Feb-23
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Topics: demonic, divine, duality, heaven, hell, human nature
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Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool. It seems as if heaven had sent its insane angels into our world as to an asylum, and here they will break out into their native music and utter at intervals the words they have heard in heaven; and then the mad fit returns, and they mope and wallow like dogs.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
“History,”
Essays: First Series (1841)
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Added on 16-Jan-17 | Last updated 16-Jan-17
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Topics: angel, asylum, divine, divinity, fool, God, heaven, insanity, life, madness
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Teach me to feel another’s Woe;
To hide the Fault I see;
That Mercy I to others show,
That Mercy show to me.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet
“The Universal Prayer,” 9 (1738)
Added on 12-May-15 | Last updated 12-May-15
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Topics: compassion, divine, God, kindness, mercy, prayer, reciprocal, reciprocating
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It is certain that great prosperity and worldly glory are no sure tokens of God’s love.
Thomas Brooks (1608-1680) English Puritan divine, writer
A Cabinet of Jewels
Added on 17-Dec-14 | Last updated 17-Dec-14
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Topics: divine, favor, glory, God, love, prosperity, prosperity gospel, success, worldiness, worldy
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It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.
Margaret Mead (1901-1978) American anthropologist
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Quoted in Redbook (Feb 1971)
Added on 18-Sep-14 | Last updated 18-Sep-14
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Topics: divine, hell, punishment, retribution
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The wish to talk to God is absurd. We cannot talk to one we cannot comprehend — and we cannot comprehend God; we can only believe in Him. The uses of prayer are thus only subjective.
Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) German philosopher
Lecture, Königsberg (1775)
Added on 26-Dec-13 | Last updated 26-Dec-13
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The angels break into song at the sight of the throne and all the songs fit together as part of a greater song, but people seem to have to search to find the right song to sing. It is a matter of finding our proper nature.
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Arn Lesikar,
Belief-L listserv (6 Jun 1998)
Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 12-Apr-14
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Topics: divine, heaven, purpose
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