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Quotes by Philosopher
"A genius is a grownup that remained a kid."
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"In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to certain ideas about the nature of God and the universe, becomes a person who has no faith at all."
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"I hope to see the bringing together of all the best educated people of the earth into a worldwide Congress of Scientists."
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"A sword can only pierce the body, but love can pierce the soul."
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"Language is insight itself."
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"The Church today is more likely to alienate than to seduce..."
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"The thing about stereotyping is it's usually just throwing rocks into a crowd hoping to hit somebody who deserves it."
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"Rainbows earn their brightest colors in the storm."
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"God sometimes uses ugly vessels to carry beautiful things."
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"It comes a point in which you don't know if you write books or the books write you."
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"The mind speaks, thought it does not have lips. The heart moves, though it does not have feet. The soul rises, though it does not have wings."
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"We usually learn from debates that we seldom learn from debates."
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"Nothing frustrates people more than a cocky guy who's still winning."
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"Je hay entre autres vices, cruellement la cruauté, et par nature et par jugement, comme l'extrême de tous les vices."
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"It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others."
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"I cannot tarry longer. The sea that calls all things unto her calls me."
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"In every action we must look beyond the action at our past, present and future state, and at others whom it affects, and see the relations of all these things."
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"A fool stumbles when he walks, the wise are not hampered even when they run."
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"The reward of the good man is to be allowed to worship in truth."
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"A great truth wants to be criticized not idolized."
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"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."
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"Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us our hour of triumph is what brings the void."
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"The storm only comes to teach you how to skillfully sail your ship."
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"The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment."
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"If birds did not believe in their ability to fly, the sky would be empty."
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"If an ancient man saw planes two thousand years ago He would've thought they were birds Or angels from another world Or messengers from other planets."
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"The love of Christ is always there and unchanging, no matter what we do, but it is when we are obedient that we actually begin to feel it."
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"If roses were not special weeds would not envy them."
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"Each of us is a unique strand in the intricate web of life and here to make a contribution."
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"Man is a culture, nothing but a culture! Question your culture! Just like monkeys picking lice from their skin, get rid of the stupidities in your culture!"
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"A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it."
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"Faithfulness imparts God's reason for all circumstances. No matter what the world says, losing is no longer an option."
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"A man who lives long enough will be a boy twice."
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"While there are millions of hungry people all around the world, while there are thousands of homeless people in every country, while some continents are in a horrible poverty, while there are not enough schools, not enough hospitals in the entire world, building churches, mosques, synagogues or temples or spending money on guns, on war industry are the greatest treasons to humanity!"
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"Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face."
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"You are only greater than what you overcome."
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"If you try to cultivate your talents in someone else's shadow, they might wilt."
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"The same faint song is heard in everything: "Behold yourself"."
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"United a herd is an army, divided a herd is fair game."
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"No matter how strong you are, there is always another power which can defeat you easily!"
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"Many scientists think that philosophy has no place, so for me it's a sad time because the role of reflection, contemplation, meditation, self inquiry, insight, intuition, imagination, creativity, free will, is in a way not given any importance, which is the domain of philosophers."
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"If bad things are happening in your country, remember, the first responsible person is your stupid government! But if you have supported that government, now, you are the first responsible person! So sit down and shut up!"
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"The least we each ought to do for someone who treats us like a king or a queen is to treat them like a prince or a princess."
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"Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion."
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"The reality of loving God is loving him like he's a Superhero who actually saved you from stuff rather than a Santa Claus who merely gave you some stuff."
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"Science is nothing but developed perception interpreted intent common sense rounded out and minutely articulated."
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"The power of gradually losing all feeling of strangeness or astonishment, and finally being pleased at anything, is called the historical sense or historical culture."
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