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" It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head. "

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" If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide. "

" Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands. "

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" God cannot be realized through the intellect. Intellect can lead one to a certain extent and no further. It is a matter of faith and experience derived from that faith. "

" When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator. "

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