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Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are.

— Richard Cecil Remains of Mr. Cecil (1836)

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Regeneration is God's disposing the heart to Himself; conversion is the actual turning of the heart to God.

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The grandest operations, both in nature and in grace, are the most silent and imperceptible.

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I have often had occasion to observe, that a warm blundering man does more for the world than a frigid wise man.

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I know that mystery in the works of God is only another name for my ignorance. The moment, therefore, that I become humble, all becomes right.

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Providence is a greater mystery than revelation.

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