Darkness Quote by Jean Paul

“Without God there is for mankind no purpose, no goal, no hope, only a wavering future, an eternal dread of every darkness.”

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Darkness Dread Eternal Fear Goal Goals God Hope Mankind Nature of man No hope Our future Purpose Wavering Without god

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As a man grows older it is harder and harder to frighten him.

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In science the new is an advance; but in morals, as contradicting our inner ideals and historic idols, it is ever a retrogression.

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What makes old age so sad is, not that our joys, but that our hopes then cease.

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