Quote #32

There is no good father who would want to resemble our Heavenly Father

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  1. On doit exiger de moi que je cherche la verite, mais non que je la trouve.
  2. We are constantly railing against the passions; we ascribe to them all of man's afflictions, and we forget that they are also the source of…
  3. The God of the Christians is a father who makes much of his apples, and very little of his children.
  4. Only passions, and great passions, can raise the soul to great things. Without them there is no sublimity, either in morals or in creativit…
  5. To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madma…
  6. Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.
  7. When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetr…
  8. Scepticism is the first step towards truth.

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