Every serious-minded person knows that a large part of the effort required in moral discipline consists in the courage needed to acknowledge the unpleasant consequences of one's past and present acts.
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The end justifies the means only when the means used are such as actually bring about the desired and desirable end.
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There is nothing left worth preserving in the notions of unseen powers, controlling human destiny, to which obedience and worship are due
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Nature is the mother and the habitat of man, even if sometimes a stepmother and an unfriendly home.
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Man lives in a world of surmise, of mystery, of uncertainties.
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