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People who pin their faith to a catchword never feel the necessity of understanding anything.

— Agnes Repplier

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It is in his pleasures that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.

Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.

A Plea for Humor (1891)

War will pass when injustice passes. Never before, unless hope leaves the world.

Woman Enthroned (1920)

Science may carry us to Mars, but it will leave the Earth peopled as ever by the inept.

Pursuit of Laughter (1936)

Parental legislation for the benefit of the weak leaves them as weak as ever ... They may go to heaven in leading-strings, but they cannot conquer Apollyon on the way.

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Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

William James The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897)

Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Peter Carr (1787)

I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

Colin Wilson Postscript to the Outsider (1967)

Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

Jonathan Edwards Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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