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> [“We can't afford to be without God," Feliks continued. "Even if he doesn't exist, we have to hold on to him. Because if we don't, then how are we to convince ourselves that we have to go on with this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/we-can-t-afford-to-be-without-god-feliks-continued-even-if-he-doesn-t/)

[Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/)

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> [The two exist because of the One, But hold not even to this One; When the one Consciousness -is not disturbed, The ten thousand things offer no offence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sengcan/the-two-exist-because-of-the-one-but-hold-not-even-to-this-one-when/)

[Sengcan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sengcan/)

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