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That the stars are celestial bodies with no mind or soul. They neither know the future nor affect people. Their effect on people however can be through their physical characteristics, such as the effect of the sun’s heat and rays on the planets and the effect of the moon on the tides of seas.

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There are mobile objects and stationary objects, but there is neither motion nor staticness.

If you attended (a study session) strictly adopt three attitudes; there is no fourth.

Compare yourself, for wealth, status and health to those lower than you. For faith, science, and virtue, compare yourself to those who are higher than you.

Whosoever rises above things of this world, in front of which you kneel is much stronger than you.

The Earth is spherical despite what is popularly believed … the proof is that the Sun is always vertical to a particular spot on Earth.

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