“God is the same, even though He has a thousand names; it is up to us to select a name for Him.”

—  Paulo Coelho , book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

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Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947

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