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“What are man and woman if not members of two very different and warring tribes Yet decade after decade, century after century, they attempt in marriage to reconcile and forge a union. Why I don't know. Biological imperative Divine law Or just a desire to connect to that mysterious other In any case, it's always struck me as a hopeful thing.”

Ifs Knows Men Two Different Law Desire Cases Century Divine Members Men And Women Unions Decades Mysterious Hopeful Tribes Imperatives Reconcile Matrimony Divine Law

Author:Andrew Schneider

“By asseting the creation myth, in which God is a man over ealier creation myths in which God was viewed as a woman, men hoped to prove that the position of supremacy that they had assumed was Divine Law.”

Men Law Women Creation Position Divine Prove Enlightenment Myth Supremacy Divine Law Creation Myths

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Dharma is a sanskrit word. It simply means that which is right, that which is correct, that which is the divine law.”

Mean Law Divine Buddhism Dharma Sanskrit Divine Law

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Mistaken regard for what are believed to be divine laws and a sentimental belief in the sanctity of human life tend to prevent both the elimination of defective infants and the sterilization of such adults as are themselves of no value to the community. The laws of nature require the obliteration of the unfit and human life is valuable only when it is of use to the community or race.”

Source: The Passing of the Great Race: Or, The Racial Basis of European History

“The higher life begins for us ... when we renounce our own will to bow before a Divine law.”

Law Divine Higher Bows Willpower Renounce Divine Law

Book:Complete Works Of George Eliot

Source: Complete Works Of George Eliot

“Of crimes injurious to the persons of private subjects, the most principal and important is the offense of taking away that life, which is the immediate gift of the great creator; and which therefore no man can be entitled to deprive himself or another of, but in some manner either expressly commanded in, or evidently deducible from, those laws which the creator has given us; the divine laws, I mean, of either nature or revelation.”

Men Mean Persons Important Law Given Subjects Crime Divine Creator Revelations Principal Entitled Offense Divine Law

Book:Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, with an analysis of the work

Source: Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, with an analysis of the work

“The moment you stop seeking pleasure in worldly things and become true master of yourself, you will experience the essential reality of the Self. Then you will no longer have to seek God. God himself will come to you. This is the Divine Law.”

Self Moments Reality Law Pleasure Divine Masters Essentials Seeking Worldly Divine Law Worldly Things

Author:Asaram

“The severest prosecutions have never been followed by revelations changing a divine law, obedience to which brought imprisonment or martyrdom. Though I go to prison, God will not change his law of celestial marriage.”

Law Divine Prison Gods Will Obedience Revelations Celestial Martyrdom Imprisonment Polygamy Prosecution Divine Law

Author:Lorenzo Snow

“Who is a good man? He who keeps the decrees of the fathers, and both human and divine laws. [Lat., Vir bonus est quis? Qui consulta patrum, qui leges juraque servat.]”

Men Humans Law Father Divine Goodness Good Man Decree Bonus Divine Law

Author:Horace

“Regardless of nationality, all men are brothers. God is "our Father who art in heaven." The commandment "Thou shalt not kill" is unconditional and inexorable. ... The lowly Nazarene taught us the doctrine of non-resistance, and so convinced was he of the soundness of that doctrine that he sealed his belief with death on the cross. ... When human law conflicts with Divine law, my duty is clear. Conscience, my infallible guide, impels me to tell you that prison, death, or both, are infinitely preferable to joining any branch of the Army.”