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"It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance."
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"Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head."
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"To think is of itself to be useful; it is always and in all cases a striving toward God."
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"It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God."
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"Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth."
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"Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from."
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"The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers to me his existence."
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"Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man."
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"The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once more."
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"The dog is the god of frolic."
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"From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow."
Growth
"Death is softer by far than tyranny."
Death
"Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm."
Harm
"I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence."
Silence
"My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair."
Friendship
"For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness."
Happiness
"For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune."
God
"It is good even for old men to learn wisdom."
Wisdom
"Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?"
Time
"Of prosperity mortals can never have enough."
Wealth
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