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• The whole history of the Christian Church is a mixture of errors and violence.
• To have a positive religion is not necessary. To be in harmony with yourself and the universe is what counts, and this…
• What people call the spirit of the times is mostly their own spirit in which the times mirror themselves.
• Mathematics has the completely false reputation of yielding infallible conclusions. Its infallibility is nothing but identity. Two times two is not four,…
• You must either conquer and rule or serve and lose, suffer or triumph, be the anvil or the hammer.
• Impotent hatred is the most horrible of all emotions; one should hate nobody whom one cannot destroy.
• I could never have known so well how paltry men are, and how little they care for really high aims, if I…
• The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive.
• Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.
• Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity.
• Everything that we encounter leaves traces behind. Everything contributes imperceptibly to our education
• If ever the Divine appeared on earth, it was in the person of Christ.

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