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Letter "W" » withstood
«We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as definitive and has as its highest value one's own ego and one's own desires... The church needs to withstand the tides of trends and the latest novelties.... We must become mature in this adult faith, we must guide the flock of Christ to this faith.»
Author: Pope Benedict XVI
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Pope)
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Keywords:
adult,
definitive,
dictatorship,
dictatorships,
ego,
flock,
High Church,
high tide,
latest,
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novelties,
relativism,
The Church,
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trending,
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withstood
«Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.»
«Physical strength can never permanently withstand the impact of spiritual force.»
«Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.»
Author: Lao Tzu
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Philosopher)
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About:
Water
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Keywords:
adamant,
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firm,
firmer,
firmest,
firming,
firms,
flexible,
forceful,
Nothing yet,
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The Firm,
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withstanding,
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«The firmness with which the people have withstood the late abuses of the press, the discernment they have manifested between truth and falsehood, show that they may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment b»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
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Author,
President)
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Keywords:
abuses,
correct,
discernment,
falsehood,
firmness,
manifested,
press,
safely,
the press,
trusted,
withstanding,
withstood
«No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.»
Author: Voltaire
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Philosopher,
Writer)
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Keywords:
assault,
assaults,
No problem,
problem,
sustained,
sustaining,
thinking,
withstand,
withstanding,
withstood
«No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.»