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Thus the sum Forever is replenished, and we live As mortals by eternal give and take. The nations wax, the nations wane away; In a brief space the generations pass, And like to runners hand the lamp of life One unto other.

Lucretius

We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from.
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You alone govern the nature of things. Without you nothing emerges into the light of day, without you nothing is joyous or lovely.
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Anand Thakur
All things keep on in everlasting motion, Out of the infinite come the particles, Speeding above, below, in endless dance.
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Anand Thakur
If one thing frightens people, it is that so much happens, on earth and out in space, the reasons for which seem somehow to escape them, and they fill in the gap by putting it down to the gods.
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Earth Escape God People Scare
Look at a man in the midst of doubt & danger and you will learn in his hour of adversity what he really is.
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Anand Thakur
Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
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Heaven Level Victory
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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Action Evil Religion
Things stand apart so far and differ, that What’s food for one is poison for another.
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Food Oneself Poison Stand
The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.
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Anand Thakur
Such evil deeds could religion prompt.
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Anand Thakur
Our life must once have end; in vain we fly From following Fate; e’en now, e’en now, we die.
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Anand Thakur
No fact is so simple that it is not harder to believe than to doubt at the first presentation. Equally, there is nothing so mighty or so marvelous that the wonder it evokes does not tend to diminish in time.
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Believe Diminish Equality Simplicity Time Wonder
Truths kindle light for truths.
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Light One Liner Truth
One Man’s food is another Man’s Poison
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Food Man Poison
Religious questions have often led to wicked and impious actions.
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Anand Thakur
Men are eager to tread underfoot what they have once too much feared.
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Anand Thakur

Thus the sum Forever is replenished, and we live As mortals by eternal give and take. The nations wax, the nations wane away; In a brief space the generations pass, And like to runners hand the lamp of life One unto other.

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Thus the sum Forever is replenished, and we live As mortals by eternal give and take. The nations wax, the nations wane away; In a brief space the generations pass, And like to runners hand the lamp of life One unto other.

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