And I viewed all the other things that are beneath you, and I realized that they are neither wholly real nor wholly unreal. They are real insofar as they come from you; but they are unreal insofar as they are not what you are. For what remains immutable is truly real. It is good, then, for me to hold fast to God, for if I do not remain in him, I shall not remain in myself either; but he, remaining in himself, renews all things. And you are the Lord my God, since you have no need of my goodness.
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Wisdom of Solomon 7:27
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