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It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.

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In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary.
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Nature Necessary Purpose
I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be his name, is not a body, and that he is free from all accidents of matter, and that he has not any form whatsoever.
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Believe Blessing Faith Myself Perfection
All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
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Act God Himself Quality
Astrology is a sickness, not a science. It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.
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Science Sick Tree
What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
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Kindness Language Word
Astrology is a disease, not a science. It is a tree under the shadow of which all sorts of superstitions thrive. Only fools and charlatans lend value to it.
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Disease Fools Science Sick Tree Value
The great sickness and the grievous evil consist in this: that all the things that man finds written in books, he presumes to think of as true-and all the more so if the books are old.
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Book Evil Greatness Grief Man Old Sick Thinking True Writing
God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known.
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God Himself Knowledge Philosophy Religious
Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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One Liner Silence Wisdom
All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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Angel Body Force Self Love
There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
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Charity Help Himself Man
Actions are divided as regards their object into four classes; they are either purposeless, unimportant, or vain, or good.
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Action Goodness Important Purpose
Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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Lose Right Truth Wrong
In so far as the soul is a force residing in the body; it has therefore been said that the properties of the soul depend of the condition of the body.
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Body Far Force Soul Spiritual
A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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Greatness Nation Rule Wisdom Worth
He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.
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Alive Dog Himself Live Understand

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