Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.
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If you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may say with confidence that he is a good man.Fyodor Dostoevski
To be too conscious is an illness. A real thorough going illness.
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It is easier for a Russian to become an atheist than for anyone else in the world.
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Love all that has been created by God, both the whole and every grain of sand. Love every leaf and every ray of light. Love the beasts and the birds, love the plants, love every separate fragment. If you love each fragment, you will understand the mystery of the whole resting in God.
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The most pressing question on the problem of faith is whether a man as a civilized being can believe in the divinity of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, for therein rests the whole of our faith.
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