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"God, if there is a God, take my soul, if I have a soul."
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"To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should ever know him at all. I know not which is more childish to deny him, or define him."
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"Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God."
"The reader becomes God, for all textual purposes. I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush."
"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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"To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to succeed among men. To accomplish this less pure paths must be followed."
"Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people."
"In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact."
"You may take great comfort from the fact that suffering inwardly for the sake of truth proves abundantly that one loves it and marks one out as being of the elect."
"No idea can succeed except at the expense of sacrifice; no one ever escapes without enduring strain from the struggle of life."
"All the great things of humanity have been accomplished in the name of absolute principles."
"The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life."
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