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    C. S. Lewis
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    The human spirit will not even begin to try to surrender self-will as long as all seems to be well with it. Now error and sin both have this property, that the deeper they are the less their victim su...

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    Marcel Proust
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    Error, by force of contrast, enhances the triumph of Truth.

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    Stephen Guise
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    We make the grave error of redefining partial success as “failure."

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    John Chrysostom
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    Matthew 2:1-12
    Yet for all that, God, for the salvation of them that were in error, endured to be served by these things, whereby those without were used to serve devils; only He slightly altered them; that He might...

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    Augustine of Hippo
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    There is no subject where error is more dangerous, research more laborious, and discovery more fruitful than the oneness of the Trinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

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    Osmo Wiio
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    Communication usually fails, except by accident

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    Bob Ross
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    Don't be afraid to scrape the paint off and do it again. This is the way you learn, trial and error, over and over, repetition. It pays you great dividends, great, great dividends.

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    G. K. Chesterton
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    There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.

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    Augustine of Hippo
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    Psalm 32:5, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Hebrews 10:26, Romans 6:1-2, Isaiah 1:18, James 4:17, Proverbs 28:13
    It is human to err, it is devilish to remain willfully in error.

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    Martin Luther
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    Acts 5:29
    I cannot submit my faith either to the pope or to the council, because it is as clear as noonday that they have fallen into error and even into glaring inconsistency with themselves. If, then, I am no...

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    Marilynne Robinson
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    To value one another is our greatest safety, and to indulge in fear and contempt is our gravest error.

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    Peter Enns
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    Are the early stories in the Old Testament to be judged on the basis of standards of modern historical inquiry and scientific precision, things that ancient peoples were not at all aware of? Is it not...

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    T. S. Eliot
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    The dove descending breaks the air With flame of incandescent terror Of which the tongues declare The one discharge from sin and error. The only hope, or else despair Lies in the choice of pyre or pyr...

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    George Smeaton
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    The doctrine of the Trinity is not so much a point among many as the very essence and compendium of Christianity itself. It not only presents a lofty and sublime subject of contemplation to the intell...

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    Kevin DeYoung
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    Deuteronomy 6:7, Proverbs 1:null, Proverbs 23:13, Hebrews 12:7-11, Ephesians 6:4
    God doesn’t provide many specific instructions about the parent-child relationship, except that parents should teach their children about God (Deut. 6:7; Prov. 1-9), discipline them (Prov. 23:13; Heb....

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    Timothy Keller
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    In sharp contrast with our culture, the Bible teaches that the essence of marriage is a sacrificial commitment to the good of the other. That means that love is more fundamentally action than emotion....

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    Frederick William Robertson
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    The deep undertone of the world is sadness - a solemn bass, occurring at measured intervals and heard through all other tones. Ultimately, all the strains of this world's music resolve themselves ...

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    Russ Ramsey
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    Cleopas presumed God’s faithfulness was best seen in his ability to shield his people from difficulty. This was a profound error common to most believers of his day and ever since. Glory preceded by s...

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    Marilynne Robinson
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    To value one another is our greatest safety, and to indulge in fear and contempt is our gravest error.

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    Theodore Roosevelt
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    In the battle of life, it is not the critic who counts; nor the one who points out how the strong person stumbled, or where the doer of a deed could have done better. The credit belongs to the person ...

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    Elisabeth Elliot
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    Choices will continually be necessary and -- let us not forget -- possible. Obedience to God is always possible. It is a deadly error to fall into the notion that when feelings are extremely strong we...

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    Martin Luther
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    From the beginning of my Reformation I have asked God to send me neither dreams, nor visions, nor angels, but to give me the right understanding of His Word, the Holy Scriptures; for as long as I have...

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    Richard Rohr
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    Romans 8:28, Luke 22:54-62, John 21:15-17, Proverbs 3:5-6, Hebrews 12:5-6, Romans 5:3-5, James 1:2-4
    We live a long time in order to become lovers. God is like a good parent, refusing to do our homework for us. We must learn through trial and error. We have to do our homework ourselves, the homework ...

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    William James
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    Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive ner...

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    John Ortberg
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    Failure is not an event, but rather a judgment about an event. Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.

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    C. S. Lewis
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    There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest...

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    James Joyce
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    “A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.”

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    Thomas C. Oden
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    I did not become an orthodox believer or theologian until after I tried out most of the errors long rejected by Christianity. If my first forty years were spent hungering for meaning in life, the last...

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    G.V. Wigram
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    When people fail, we are inclined to find fault with them, but if you look more closely, you will find that God had some particular truth for them to learn, which the trouble they are in is to teach t...

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    Jack Hyles
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    Failure means I dared try.
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