"The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds."

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“Even a pretty traditional comic book writer can make valuable contributions to the Internet.”
“That there is no such thing as the scientific method, one might easily discover by asking several scientists to define it. One would find, I am sure, that no two of them would exactly agree. Indeed, no two scientists work and think in just the same ways.”
“Nothing is worth your integrity. Not success, not money, not fame. Nothing.”
“If your motivation for acquiring money or success comes from a non-supportive root such as fear, anger or the need to 'prove' yourself, your money will never bring you happiness.”
“Has not God borne with you these many years? Be ye tolerant to others.”
“It was many years ago that I got out of a crewtruck in the national forest and ran toward a largeÂ glowing object hovering in the darkening ArizonaÂ sky. But when I made that fateful choice to leavethe truck, I was leaving behind more than just myÂ six fellow workmen. I was leaving behind foreverÂ all semblance of a normal life, running headlongÂ toward an experience so overwhelmingly mind-rending in its effects, so devastating in itsaftermath, that my life would neverâ€”could neverÂ Â â€” be the same again.”
“At first he thought he felt bad because he was afraid of leading an army, but it wasn't true. He knew he'd make a good commander. He felt himself wanting to cry. He hadn't cried since the first few days of homesickness after he got here. He tried to put a name on the feeling that put a lump in his throat and made him sob silently, however much he tried to hold it down. He bit down on his hand to stop the feeling, to replace it with pain. It didn't help.”
“Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.”

Source : "Mr. Justice Brandeis, Great American". Book by Irving Dilliard, 1941.

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