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> [If you get someone who looks after himself and those around him, that's a deep ecologist. He can talk philosophy that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-mollison/if-you-get-someone-who-looks-after-himself-and-those-around-him-that/)

[Bill Mollison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-mollison/)

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> [“My son, philosophy as I understand it, is reducible to no rules by which it can be learned; it is the amalgamation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandre-dumas/my-son-philosophy-as-i-understand-it-is-reducible-to-no-rules-by/)

[Alexandre Dumas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandre-dumas/)

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> [Ever since men became capable of free speculation, their actions, in innumerable important respects, have depended upon their theories as to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bertrand-russell/ever-since-men-became-capable-of-free-speculation-their-actions-in/)

[Bertrand Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bertrand-russell/)

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> [Every faith uses some kind of tool to understand itself better. Faith seeks understanding. The Western tradition has used philosophy to understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-george/every-faith-uses-some-kind-of-tool-to-understand-itself-better-faith/)

[Francis George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-george/)

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