"Who else is the enemy of Nature but he who mistakes himself for more intelligent than Nature, though it is the highest school for all of us?"

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“If you have been given a talent, exercise it freely and happily like the sun: give everyone from your splendour.”

“What else is the help of medicine than love?”

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“Belief and work, knowledge and action are one and the same thing.”

“What we should be after death, we have to attain in life, i.e. holiness and bliss. Here on earth the Kingdom of God begins.”

“As you talk, so is your heart.”

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"“When most people think of nature, they want to look for perfection and for symmetry and balance,” observes Gleiser. “But if you really pay attention you are going to see that what actually makes natu…"

— Marcelo Gleiser

Science1959

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"It is the natural desire of each nation to use the other as an instrument of its own purposes and policies. By dint of our mutual dependence, your influence is amplified by our power. Our power is mad…"

— Kingman Brewster

Politics1919–1988

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"Within the world of total work, the "festival" is either "a break from work" , or it is a more intensive celebration of the principles of work itself . There will naturally be "games" — like the Roman…"

— Josef Pieper

Philosophy1907–1977

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"To a disciple who was forever complaining about others the Master said, "If it is peace you want, seek to change yourself, not other people. It is easier to protect your feet with slippers than to car…"

— Anthony de Mello

Literature1931–1987

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