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Whatever littleness and vanity is to be observed in the minds of women, it is, like the cruelty of butchers, a temper that is wrought into them by that life which they are taught and accustomed to lead.

— William Law Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

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We have no spiritual need except for a restoration of the divine nature in us.

The Power of the Spirit (1898)

You can have no greater sign of confirmed pride than when you think you are humble enough.

Now the Spirit of Love has this Original. God, as considered in himself in his Holy Being, before any thing is brought forth by him or out of him, is only an eternal Will to all Goodness.

The Spirit of Love (1752)

It is much more possible for the Sun to give forth Darkness, than for God to do, or be, or give forth anything but Blessing and Goodness.

The Spirit of Love (1752)

God could not make the creature to be great and glorious in itself; this is as impossible, as for God to create beings into a state of independence on himself.

An Humble, Earnest and Affectionate Address to the Clergy (1761)

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.

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