I am conscious of my inability to grasp, in all its details and positive developments, any very large portion of human knowledge.
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Throw a theory into the fire it only spoils life.
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Where the state begins, individual liberty ceases, and vice versa.
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He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.
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Therefore, if God existed, only in one way could he serve human liberty - by ceasing to exist.
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But I recognize no infallible authority, even in special questions; consequently, whatever respect I may have for the honesty and the sincerity of such or such an individual, I have no absolute faith in any person.
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