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- If a writer is so cautious that he never writes anything that cannot be criticized, he will never be able to write anything that can…
- The Bible is not primarily a written or printed text to be scrutinized in private, in a scholar's study or a contemplative cell. It is…
- If you write for God you will reach many men and bring them joy. If you write for men--you may make some money and you…
- Keeping a journal has taught me that there is not so much new in your life as you sometimes think. When you re-read your journal…
- Day after day I read Freud, thinking myself to be very enlightened and scientific when, as a matter of fact, I was about as scientific…
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