"We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth."

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"We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth."

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"Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes."

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"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different."

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"No waiting the beyond, no peering toward it,but longing to degrade not even death;we shall learn earthliness, and serve its ends,to feel its hands about us like a friend's."

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"There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person."

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"The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities."

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"Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual)."

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"He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly?"

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"When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it."

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"Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth."

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"Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts."

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"That means that every human being - without distinction of sex, age, race, skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity."

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"We are convinced of the fundamental unity of the human family."

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"At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil."

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"However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights."

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"Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families."

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"The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul."

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"Second, we also got a more authentic liturgy of the people of God, in the vernacular language."

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"Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war."

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"All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved."

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