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Difficulty Quote by Sam Harris

“Faith enables many of us to endure life's difficulties with an equanimity that would be scarcely conceivable in a world lit only by reason.” quote by Sam Harris — Download Open image

“Faith enables many of us to endure life's difficulties with an equanimity that would be scarcely conceivable in a world lit only by reason.”

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