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The human race has been in a long struggle to eliminate murder. And we will succeed.
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Behind every cloud is another cloud.
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No,you're officially banned from listening to us. Or thinking about this. Or even thinking about thinking about this, understand?
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Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.
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We have always felt the sympathy of the world, but we would prefer the respect of the world to sympathy without respect.
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Life is beautiful. Some people just remind you of that more than others.
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We learn... 10% of what we read 20% of what we hear 30% of what we see 50% of what we both hear and see 70% of what is discussed 80% of what we experience personally 95% of what we teach to someone else
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The Bible tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Surely part of loving in this way is trying to understand what another person wants us to understand. I may not understand perfectly and I may not agree, but if I love you I should try to know what it is you wish I could know.
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Understanding is better than ignorance. Ignorance, unlike life, unlike narrative, is static. Understanding implies a forward motion, thus the possibility of change.
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Whether one sees the world as God's creation or as a secular mystery that science is on the way to figuring out, there is no denying the beauty and majesty of everything from mountain ranges, deserts, and rain forests to the exquisite details in the design of an ordinary mosquito.
