Quote #70

You must wager; it is not optional... Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God exists... If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.

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  1. Wisdom leads us back to childhood.
  2. Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
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  4. If God does not exist, one will lose nothing by believing in him, while if he does exist, one will lose everything by not believing.
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  6. In every man's heart there is an emptiness that only God can fill with his son Jesus Christ.
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  8. Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

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