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In theology the conservative temper tends to formalism.

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There is no dignity like the dignity of a soul in agony.

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Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.

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It's not hard work which is dreary; it is superficial work.

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The heterodoxy of one generation is the orthodoxy of the next.

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When faith is supported by facts or by logic it ceases to be faith.

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All things are at odds when God lets a thinker loose on this planet.

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Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.

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Tell one your thoughts, but beware of two. All know what is known to three

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The easy way has never in the long run commanded the allegiance of mankind.

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None so good that he has no faults, None so wicked that he is worth naught.

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He drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek and make Hell grant what Love did seek.

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When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos.

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The suffering of a soul that can suffer greatly — that and only that, is tragedy.

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The Old Testament is the record of men's conviction that God speaks directly to men.

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The Greek temple is the creation, par excellence, of mind and spirit in equilibrium.

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It is by our power to suffer, above all, that we are of more value than the sparrows.

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Uncertainty is the prerequisite to gaining knowledge and frequently the result as well.

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When we speak of beauty, we're speaking of something we're more or less indifferent to.

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All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set to thought.

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Our word 'idiot' comes from the Greek name for the man who took no share in public matters.

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The comedy of each age holds up a mirror to the people of that age, a mirror that is unique.

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For all men serve him of their own free will. And he whom Love touches not walks in darkness.

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Myths are early science, the result of men's first trying to explain what they saw around them.

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Responsibility was the price every man must pay for freedom. It was to be had on no other terms.

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Reality has actually very little to do with truth; there is no necessary connection between the two.

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There is no better indication of what the people of any period are like than the plays they go to see.

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Moderately wise each one should be, Not overwise, for a wise man's heart Is seldom glad (Norse Wisdom)

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[Happiness is] The exercise of vital powers, along lines of excellence, in a life affording them scope.

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He was there beside her, yet she was far away from him, aone with her outraged love and her ruined life.

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