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"Knitting is very conducive to thought. It is nice to knit a while, put down the needles, write a while, then take up the sock again."
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"We seldom find people ungrateful so long as it is thought we can serve them."
"I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library."
"Too much thought can find fault in anything, even if there is no fault to be found."
"Even if things were the same, people's perception of them might have been very different back then. The darkness of night was probably deeper then, so the moon must have been that much bigger and brighter."
"The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves."
"It is especially important to encourage unorthodox thinking when the situation is critical: At such moments every new word and fresh thought is more precious than gold. Indeed, people must not be deprived of the right to think their own thoughts."
"A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts."
"In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social."
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"When we have spiritual reading at meals, when we have the rosary at night, when we have study groups, forums, when we go out to distribute literature at meetings, or sell it on the street corners, Christ is there with us."
"Our faith is stronger than death, our philosophy is firmer than flesh, and the spread of the Kingdom of God upon the earth is more sublime and more compelling."
"I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions."
"We believe in loving our brothers regardless of race, color or creed and we believe in showing this love by working for better conditions immediately and the ultimate owning by the workers of their means of production."
"Certainly we disagree with the Communist Party, as we disagree with other political parties who are trying to maintain the American way of life."
"We are the nation the most powerful, the most armed and we are supplying arms and money to the rest of the world where we are not ourselves fighting. We are eating while there is famine in the world."
"Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action."
"First of all, let it be remembered that I speak as an ex-Communist and one who has not testified before Congressional Committees, nor written works on the Communist conspiracy."
"It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and supply our needs in the way of food and money to pay bills, than it is to keep a strong, hearty, living faith in each individual around us - to see Christ in him."
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