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Four years ago, we took down the book called Homo sapiens, ... Today, we take down the book next to it on the shelf.


Francis Collins

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"I don't want to hear it, Andy."
"Jesus Christ"
"He doesn't wan...
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"Yes, someone did."
"A Man?"
"...
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FRANCIS LOCKIER Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou...
FRANCIS QUARLES Christianity provides a unified answer for the whole of life.
FRANCIS SCHAEFFER You can buy a person's time; you can buy their physical presence at a given place; you can even buy ...
CLARENCE FRANCIS Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things still; for age will not be de...
FRANCIS BACON Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom driv...
FRANCIS BACON Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
FRANCIS BACON The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is mor...
BRENDAN FRANCIS The road to perseverance lies by doubt.
FRANCIS QUARLES If God exists and we are made in his image we can have real meaning, and we can have real knowledge ...
FRANCIS SCHAEFFER Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep.
FRANCIS BEAUMONT I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
FRANCIS BACON It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the...
FRANCIS BACON Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.
FRANCIS QUARLES The world is divided into two categories: failures and unknowns.
FRANCIS PICABIA To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.
FRANCIS CRAWFORD Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven.
FRANCIS THOMPSON Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.
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