Quote#God & Faith
Believe, youth, despite all temptations, the oracle of deity in your…
Quote byAmos Bronson Alcott · 1799–1888
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Orphic Sayings (1840–1841), I. , 6. Oracle.
English (original)
Believe, youth, despite all temptations, the oracle of deity in your own bosom. ’Tis the breath of God’s revelations,—the respiration of the Holy Ghost in your breast. Be faithful, not infidel, to its intuitions,—quench never its spirit,—dwell ever in its omniscience. So shall your soul be filled with light, and God be an indwelling fact,—a presence in the depths of your being.
— Amos Bronson Alcott
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