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The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.

William Ralph Inge

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This is old, therefore it is good the other says, This is new, therefore it is better.
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All faith consists essentially in the recognition of a world of spiritual values behind, yet not apart from, the world of natural phenomena.
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The great discovery of the nineteenth century, that we are of one blood with the lower animals, has created new ethical obligations which have not yet penetrated the public conscience. The clerical profession has been lamentably remiss in preaching this obvious duty.
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Civilization is a disease which is almost invariably fatal.
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Joy is the triumph of life it is the sign that we are living our true life as spiritual beings.
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The enemies of freedom do not argue they shout and they shoot.
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Let us remember, when we are inclined to be disheartened, that the private soldier is a poor judge of the fortunes of a great battle.
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Our test is infallible. Whatever view of reality deepens our sense of the tremendous issues of life in the world wherein we move, is for us nearer the truth than any view which diminishes that sense.
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The world belongs to those who think and act with it, who keep a finger on its pulse.
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No word in our language - not even Socialism - has been employed more loosely than Mysticism. The history of the word begins in close connexion with the Greek mysteries. A mystic is one who has been, or is being, initiated into some esoteric knowledge of Divine things, about which he must keep his mouth shut.
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The soul is dyed by the color of its leisure hours.
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In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or later have their revenge if he treats them well, and governs them for their good, they will multiply faster than their rulers, till they claim their independence.
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The whole of nature, as has been said, is a conjugation of the verb to eat, in the active and in the passive.
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A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.
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Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.
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Hatred toward any human being cannot exist in the same heart as love to God.
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Boredom is a certain sign that we are allowing our faculties to rust in idleness.
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Don't break the silence unless you can improve on it.
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Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.
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We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.
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