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> [It was not by accident that the greatest thinkers of all ages were deeply religious souls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-planck/it-was-not-by-accident-that-the-greatest-thinkers-of-all-ages-were/)

[Max Planck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-planck/)

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> [Virtually every subject is most effectively learned directly from the greatest thinkers, historians, artists, philosophers, scientists, prophets and their original works. Great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-demille/virtually-every-subject-is-most-effectively-learned-directly-from-the/)

[Oliver DeMille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-demille/)

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> [“ Robert Ingersoll 's character was as nearly perfect as it is possible for the character of mortal man to be... none…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spalding-thomas/robert-ingersoll-s-character-was-as-nearly-perfect-as-it-is-possible/)

[Charles Spalding Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spalding-thomas/)

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> [The world glows all the time. All of the things that you have come to understand aren't. The greatest thinkers in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-world-glows-all-the-time-all-of-the-things-that-you-have-come-to/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [The world's greatest thinkers have often been amateurs; for high thinking is the outcome of fine and independent living, and for that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/havelock-ellis/the-world-s-greatest-thinkers-have-often-been-amateurs-for-high/)

[Havelock Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/havelock-ellis/)

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> [“The greatest thinkers of Greece — Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, and later Plutarch and Plotinus — derived their ideas from ancient tradition, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herman-bavinck/the-greatest-thinkers-of-greece-pythagoras-plato-aristotle-and-later/)

[Herman Bavinck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herman-bavinck/)

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> [“The greatest thinkers have attempted to find who we are where we come from and why we are here but the greatest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamand-kojouri/the-greatest-thinkers-have-attempted-to-find-who-we-are-where-we-come/)

[Kamand Kojouri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamand-kojouri/)

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> [The greatest thinkers in history certainly knew the value of shifting the mind into low gear. Charles Darwin described himself as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-honor/the-greatest-thinkers-in-history-certainly-knew-the-value-of-shifting/)

[Carl Honore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-honor/)

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