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"It is often said that the earth belongs to the race, as if raw land was a boon, or gift."

"Earth's crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes."

"That sense of sacredness, that thinking in generations, must begin with reverence for this earth."

"Drudgery is as necessary to call out the treasures of the mind, as harrowing and planting those of the earth."

"It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead."

"Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth."
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"In history as in human life, regret does not bring back a lost moment and a thousand years will not recover something lost in a single hour."


"Today, for a Jew who writes in the German language, it is totally impossible to make a living. In no group do I see as much misery, disappointment, desperation and hopelessness as in Jewish writers who write in German."


"When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process."


"The idea of Jewish unity, of a plan, an organization, unfortunately exists only in the brains of Hitler and Streicher."


"Only the person who has experienced light and darkness, war and peace, rise and fall, only that person has truly experienced life."


"Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed."


"Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come."


"Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world."
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