Spiritual things are more real than worldly things.”

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The doing of a good deed flows from the desiring of it. In ancient times, deed and will were made one… for pretense did not exist at all.”

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“Love and wisdom, apart from usefulness, are only imaginary things. That is, they do not become real unless they are used.”

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