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- The cause of violence is not ignorance. It is self-interest. Only reverance can restrain violence - reverance for human life and the environment.
- In reality, there are no biblical literalists, only selective literalists. By abolishing slavery and ordaining women, millions of Protestants have gone far beyond biblical literalism.…
- Only reverence can restrain violence - reverence for human life and the environment.
- Charity is only a waystation on the road to justice.
- Fear destroys intimacy. It distances us from each other; or makes us cling to each other, which is the death of freedom.... Only love can…
- People who fear disorder more than injustice will only produce more of both.
- It's too bad that one has to conceive of sports as being the only arena where risks are, [for] all of life is risk exercise.…
- The one true freedom in life is to come to terms with death, and as early as possible, for death is an event that embraces…
- Hope is a state of mind independent of the state of the world. If your heart's full of hope, you can be persistent when you…
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