“ A human being is not to be handled as a tool but is to be respected and revered. ”
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“ A human being is not to be handled as a tool but is to be respected and revered. ”
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“ People may be said to resemble not the bricks of which a house is built, but the pieces of a picture puzzle, each differing in shape, but matching the rest, and thus bringing out the picture. ”
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“ [His research into biblical criticism had lead him to the conclusion that most of what was contained in traditional religion simply wasn't true] Was I to lie in order to teach the truth? ...Was I to repeat these words? It was impossible. It was certain they would stick in my throat. On these grounds the separation was decided by me. ”
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“ The unique personality which is the real life in me, I can not gain unless I search for the real life, the spiritual quality, in others. I am myself spiritually dead unless I reach out to the fine quality dormant in others. For it is only with the god enthroned in the innermost shrine of the other, that the god hidden in me, will consent to appear. ”
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“ Love of country is like love of woman — he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good. ”
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“ Love of country is like love of woman — he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good. ”
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“ We stand, as it were, on the shore, and see multitudes of our fellow beings struggling in the water, stretching forth their arms, sinking, drowning, and we are powerless to assist them. ”
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“ The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. ”
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“ You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done. ”
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“ The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. ”
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“ Love of country is like love of woman — he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good. ”
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“ Like the builders of the second Jerusalem temple, we were compelled to build with one hand and to bear the sword, as it were, in the other. ”
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“ The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. ”
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“ The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. ”
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“ The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the fire that burns thereon. ”
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“ The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of maintaining the custom of public assemblies on Sunday. ”
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“ The exercises of our meeting are to be simple and devoid of all ceremonial and formalism. ”
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“ The exercises of our meeting are to be simple and devoid of all ceremonial and formalism. ”
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“ You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done. ”
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“ An optimist is a person who sees only the lights in the picture, whereas a pessimist sees only the shadows. An idealist, however, is one who sees the light and the shadows, but in addition sees something else: the possibility of changing the picture, of making the lights prevail over the shadows. ”
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“ We are not married on our wedding-day; on that day we do but begin to be married. The true marriage is an endless process, the perpetual interlinking of two souls while life lasts. ”
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“ Like the builders of the second Jerusalem temple, we were compelled to build with one hand and to bear the sword, as it were, in the other. ”
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“ Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit. ”
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“ We are not married on our wedding-day; on that day we do but begin to be married. The true marriage is an endless process, the perpetual interlinking of two souls while life lasts. ”
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“ The moral law is the expression of our inmost nature and when we live in consonance with it we feel that we are living out our true being. ”
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