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I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses.
Harry Emerson Fosdick
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Harry Emerson Fosdick
Age: 91 †
Born: 1878
Born: May 24
Died: 1969
Died: October 5
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Men will work hard for money. They will work harder for other men. But men will work hardest of all when they are dedicated to a cause. Until willingness overflows obligation, men fight as conscripts rather than following the flag as patriots. Duty is never worthily performed until it is performed by one who would gladly do more if only he could.
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Democracy is not simply a political system it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities.
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Whatever you laugh at in others, laughs at yourself
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The stars are not so strange as the mind that studies them, analyzes their light, and measures their distance.
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It is by acts (actions) and not by ideas (mere thoughts) that people [really] live.
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Peace is an awareness of reserves from beyond ourselves, so that our power is not so much in us as through us. Peace is the gift, not of volitional struggle, but of spiritual hospitality.
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It is magnificent to grow old, if one keeps young.
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Self-pity gets you nowhere. But insight to see that something can be done with the second-bests and adventurous daring to try might be a handle to take hold of.
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He is a poor son whose sonship does not make him desire to serve all men's mothers.
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Great living starts with a picture, held in your imagination, of what you would like to do or be.
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I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.
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Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it.
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No one can be wrong with man and right with God.
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We cannot restore integrity and morality to our society until each of us-singly and individually-takes responsibility for our actions.
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My friends, nothing in all the world is so much worth thinking of as God, Christ, the Bible, sin and salvation, the divine purposes for humankind, life everlasting. But you cannot challenge the dedicated thinking of this generation to these sublime themes upon any such terms as are laid down by an intolerant church.
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Our power is not so much in us as through us.
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