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A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.

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The whole secret of mysticism is this: that man can understand everything by the help of something he cannot understand.
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Man Philosophy Secret Understand
Agnostic is the Greek word, for the Latin word, for ignorant.
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Ignorance Language Meaning Reference Word
The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.
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Feeling Greatness Man Reality
Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.
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Affair Love Religion Theory
Modern toleration is really a tyranny. It is a tyranny because it is a silence.
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Destruction Silence Tolerance
A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.
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Death Flow Live Stream Water
If men will not be governed by the Ten Commandments, they shall be governed by the ten thousand commandments
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Command Government Man Rule
There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.
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Interest Mindset People
Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses.
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Double Grief Happiness Joy Marriage Ourselves
CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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Civilization Communication Judgement Speed
The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.
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Choice Darkness Issues Light Side
The one perfectly divine thing, the one glimpse of God’s paradise given on earth, is to fight a losing battle – and not lose it.
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Battle Divine Fight God Lose Oneself Perfection
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.
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Around Death Democracy Tradition Vote Walk
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?
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Children Gratitude Ourselves Time
When belief in God becomes difficult, the tendency is to turn away from Him; but in heaven’s name to what?
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Belief Difficult God Heaven Himself
A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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Construction Creation Existence Love

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