Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the ancient matriarch has borne strange fruit through the years.
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The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.Lillian Smith
Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.
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To find the point where hypothesis and fact meet the delicate equilibrium between dream and reality the place where fantasy and earthly things are metamorphosed into a work of art the hour when faith in the future becomes knowledge of the past to lay down one's power for others in need to shake off the old ordeal and get ready for the new to question, knowing that never can the full answer be found to accept uncertainties quietly, even our incomplete knowledge of God this is what man's journey is about, I think.
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No journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within
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Education is a private matter between the person and the world of knowledge and experience, and has little to do with school or college.
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