"The first step to be taken by everyone who wishes to act morally is to decide not to act according to the general customs and doings of his fellow-men."

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Source : "The Range of Reason". Book by Jacques Maritain (p. 137), 1952.

Jacques Maritain

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“The Israeli people must be free to live in peace and security.”
“Obstacles are merely a call to strengthen your resolve to achieve your worthwhile goals.”
“How much modern civilization has lost, I think, when they lost the awareness of the billions of stars overhead.”
“Attractions are proportional to destinies.”

Source : Charles Fourier (1851). “The passions of the human soul and their influence on society and civilization...”, p.12
“Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side.”

Source : Van Wyck Brooks (1941). “Opinions of Oliver Allston”, New York, Dutton
“I should have more vanity.”

Source : "Amy Brenneman: Private Practice Season Finale Is Like a 'Quentin Tarantino Movie'". Interview with Matt Mitovich, www.tvguide.com. April 30, 2009.
“Is it still there?" I asked, staring at his head, bent over, as he wedged the stethoscope beneath my left breast. And then, before I could stop myself, "Does it sound broken?”
“When I think of a place of worship, I think of a place where one can sit and be reminded of all the things that are important outside our individual lives. To express spirituality, the architect has to think of the original material of architecture, space and light.”

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