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The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self-activity.
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Heaven-born, the soul a heavenward course must hold beyond the world she soars the...
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The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe,...
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I conceive the essential task of religion to be “to develop the consciences, the...
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Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly. (On...
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The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.
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Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.
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The Negro says, ‘Now.’ Others say, ‘Never.’ The voice of responsible Americans … says,...
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On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and...
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Love is an attachment to another self. Humor is a form of self-detachment —...