Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.
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The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives for ever.
Permalink to quote #66 Among the repulsions of atheism for me has been its drastic uninterestingness as an intellectual position. Where was the ingenuity, the ambiguity, the humanity…
Permalink to quote #68 Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.
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