Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limi…

E. Stanley Jones
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Our intentions may be very good, but, because the intelligence is limited, the action may turn out to be a mistake - a mistake, but not necessarily a sin, for sin comes out of a wrong intention.
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