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The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.
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One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.
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Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.
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Who but the Atman is capable of removing the bonds of ignorance, passion and self-interested action?
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Aggressive Christianity is the world's greatest need.
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As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.
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I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made.
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I am not a pessimist but a pejorist (as George Eliot said she was not an optimist but a meliorist); and that philosophy is founded on my observation of the world, not on anything so trivial and irrelevant as personal history.
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First Conjuration Addressed to Emperor Lucifer. Emperor Lucifer, Master and Prince of Rebellious Spirits, I adjure thee to leave thine abode, in what-ever quarter of the world it may be situated and come hither to communicate with me.
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Let me tell you, though: being the smartest boy in the world wasn’t easy. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t want this. On the contrary, it was a huge burden. First, there was the task of keeping my brain perfectly protected. My cerebral cortex was a national treasure, a masterpiece of the Sistine Chapel of brains. This was not something that could be treated frivolously. If I could have locked it in a safe, I would have. Instead, I became obsessed with brain damage.
