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Wonder is the desire for knowledge.


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The things that we love tell us what we are.

The things that we love tell us what we are.



To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.

To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.



The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.

The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth.



We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.

We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it.



Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.



For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.



If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.

If you can live amid injustice without anger, you are immoral as well as unjust.



To love is to will the good of the other.

To love is to will the good of the other.



Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.

Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.



How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.

How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.





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it's way too early for him to be talking anyhow but I see in his eyes something and I see in his eyes a voice and I see in his eyes a whole new set of words

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Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.

Man needs now no more degrees, but character, No more study, but wisdom.




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