"Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth."

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

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

"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."

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

"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)."

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

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"Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere."

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair."

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"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas."

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