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Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.

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Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.

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Society is now one polished horde, --- Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored.

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Whoever in prayer can say, "Our Father," acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind.

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The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth. It is obvious that man is himself a traveler; that the purpose of this world is not "to have and to hold" but "to give and serve." There can be no other meaning.

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To see the earth as it truly is, small and blue in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see riders on the earth together, brothers on that bright loveliness in the eternal cold - brothers who know now they are truly brothers.

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I believe that if we really want human brotherhood to spread and increase until it makes life safe and sane, we must also be certain that there is no one true faith or path by which it may spread

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The work of internal government has become the task of controlling the thousands of fifth-rate men

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We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.

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Life is all one piece. Men err when they think they can be inhuman exploiters in their business life, and loving husbands and fathers at home. For achievement without love is a cold and tight-lipped murderer of human happiness everywhere.

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