"A ladder is the instrument of ascent; it symbolises intensity rising to a climax. this, too, is the meaning of prayer."

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“In the midst of the titanic struggles of ideologies that dominate our age, it is from our prayers that we derive the firmest support for mind and soul.”

“It is only in the period between adolescence and maturity and not during the earlier stages of development that any organism can unfold its full strength.”

“The community does not suffer deficiencies. What is lacking in one individual is made up by the other.”

“The modern world, more than in any preceding epoch, feels the necessity to learn anew how to pray.”

“There are three kinds of forces: the forces of nature, the spiritual and moral ones, and finally those of history and destiny.”

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"As soon as we have contrived to give our pupil an idea of the word "Useful," we have got an additional means of controlling him, for this word makes a great impression on him, provided that its meanin…"

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Philosophy1946–2014

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"The guarantee that our self enjoys an intended relation to the outer world is most, if not all, we ask from religion. God is the self projected onto reality by our natural and necessary optimism. He i…"

— John Updike

Literature1932–2009

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