Success is no proof of virtue. In the case of a book, quick acclaim is presumptive evidence of … - Walter Kaufmann

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My denial and irresponsible attitude about asthma put me at great risk and caused me so much needless suffering. My hope is that the kids I talk to learn to open up about their asthma, become educated about their condition, and seek help.

Walter Kaufmann

Success is no proof of virtue. In the case of a book, quick acclaim is presumptive evidence of a lack of substance and originality.

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The deepest difference between religions is not that between polytheism and monotheism.

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Rabbi Zusya said that on the Day of Judgment, God would ask him, not why he had not been Moses, but why he had not been Zusya.

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Philosophy means liberation from the - routine, soaring above the well known, seeing it in new perspectives, arousing wonder and the wish to fly.

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Faith means intense, usually confident, belief that is not based on evidence sufficient to command assent from every reasonable person.

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Paul substituted faith in Christ for the Christlike life.

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There are two sets of principles. They are the principles of power and privilege and the principles of truth and justice. If you pursue truth and justice it will always mean a diminution of power and privilege. If you pursue power and privilege, it will always be at the expense of truth and justice

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Blaise Pascal

All men are almost led to believe not of proof, but by attraction. This way is base, ignoble, and irrelevant; every one therefore disavows it. Each one professes to believe and even to love nothing but what he knows to be worthy of belief and love.

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To die for the racists is lighter than a feather, but to die for the people is heavier than any mountain and deeper than any sea.

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Polly Berrien Berends

We cannot spare our children the influence of harmful values by turning off the television any more than we can keep them home forever or revamp the world before they get there. Merely keeping them in the dark is no protection and, in fact, can make them vulnerable and immature.

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