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"There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best."
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"God hates sin not because he wants us to be good little boys and girls, but because he knows sin destroys that which he loves most: sinners."

"God is so omnipotent yet man so impotent, the Divine masterpiece was not even in creating the universe, but in making sin boring to sinners."

"A man does not have to feel less than human to realize his sin; oppositely, he has to realize that he gets no special vindication for his sin."

"The Sin against God's Law Resulted in the Fall of Man."

"It's the fall of mankind that resulted in a sin filled atmosphere."
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"It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction."

"Borrowing is not much better than begging; just as lending with interest is not much better than stealing."

"What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better."

"If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air."

"This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there's a layer of people who run everything. But we - we're just peasants. We don't understand what's going on, and we can't do anything."
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