"Man’s craving for the supernatural is as natural as our discounting of the present moment... The natural becomes trite and commonplace to us and we take refuge in an imaginary world above and beyond it."

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“Every day is a Sabbath to me. All pure water is holy water, and this earth is a celestial abode.”

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