“What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.”
16:15 NIV
Gospel of Luke
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Luke the Evangelist 6
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Coram Deo!
Gen 1:28; Col 1:1ff
Page 94.
Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life (1551)

Søren Kierkegaard, Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits, Hong p. 323
1840s, Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits (1847)

“Nothing should be treasured more highly than the value of the day.”
Nichts ist höher schätzen als der Werth des Tages.
Maxim 789, trans. Stopp
Variant translation by Saunders: Nothing is more highly to be prized than the value of each day. (332)
Variant translation: Nothing is worth more than this day.
Maxims and Reflections (1833)
Source: The Mismeasure of Man (1996), p. 139
Source: Pictures from an Institution (1954) [novel], Chapter 2, p. 68

Life of Christ

“I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.”
Je meurs en adorant Dieu, en aimant mes amis, en ne haïssant pas mes ennemis et en détestant la superstition.
Déclaration de Voltaire, note to his secretary, Jean-Louis Wagnière (28 February 1778)
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