"The reward of joy is joy itself; not for its own sake; but for the sake of others."

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“Only if we see religion and science as symbols leading to the depth of reality, can we talk of meaningful dialogue between the two.”

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“It is much worse to be dead when we are alive/ Dead by the fear of death, when we are not yet dead!/ The incredible paradox of worrying to avoid death / Being the very cause of death!”

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