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The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.


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Ultimately evil is done not so much by evil people, but by good people who do not know themselves and who do not probe deeply.



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Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.



God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.



Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.

Every experience proves that the real problem of our existence lies in the fact that we ought to love one another, but do not.



There was a time when I had all the answers. My real growth began when I discovered that the questions to which I had the answers were not the important questions.

There was a time when I had all the answers. My real growth began when I discovered that the questions to which I had the answers were not the important questions.



It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.

It's always wise to seek the truth in our opponents' error, and the error in our own truth.



Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.

Nationalism: One of the effective ways in which the modern man escapes life's ethical problems.



Forgiveness is the final form of love.

Forgiveness is the final form of love.



Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values.

Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values.



Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.





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