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Good Will is the mightiest practical force in the universe.

— Charles Fletcher Dole

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Democracy is on trial in the world, on a more colossal scale than ever before.

The Spirit of Democracy (1906)

It is absurd to suppose, if this is God’s world, that men must always be selfish barbarians.

The Coming People (1897)

Religion is as healthy and normal as life itself.

The Coming Religion (1910)

It is a world of startling possibilities.

Golden hours of vision come to us in this present life, when we are at our best, and our faculties work together in harmony.

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Since, in the long run, every planetary society will be endangered by impacts from space, every surviving civilization is obliged to become spacefaring — not because of exploratory or romantic zeal, but for the most practical reason imaginable: staying alive.

Carl Sagan Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (1994)

The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence. Nature never wears a mean appearance.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Nature (1836)

Her blue eyes sought the west afar,
For lovers love the western star.

Walter Scott The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805)

Einstein's space is no closer to reality than Van Gogh's sky.

Arthur Koestler The Act of Creation (1964)

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