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My father had died, and very swiftly, too, of cancer of the esophagus. He was 79. I am 61. In whatever kind of a 'race' life may be, I have very abruptly become a finalist.

My father Had died Very swiftly Of cancer
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High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

Moral character A precondition Great moral Accomplishments
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One of the great questions of philosophy is, do we innately have morality, or do we get it from celestial dictation? A study of the Ten Commandments is a very good way of getting into and resolving that issue.

Great questions Philosophy Have morality Celestial dictation
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Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.

Trust As faith A friend Someone
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To terrify children with the image of hell,to consider women an inferior creation,Is that good for the world?

Terrify children The image Hell Consider women
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I've had some dark nights of the soul, of course, but giving in to depression would be a sellout, a defeat.
Had some Dark nights Giving in Depression
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I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

I learned Most intolerant Narrow minded People
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The totalitarian, to me, is the enemy - the one that's absolute, the one that wants control over the inside of your head, not just your actions and your taxes.

The totalitarian The enemy That's absolute Wants control
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Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long.

Many people Come through Esophageal cancer Live
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I don't think souls or bodies can be changed by incantation. Or anything else by the way.

Don't think Souls Bodies Be changed
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Well, I'll put it this way: you can certainly say belief in God makes people behave worse. That can be proved beyond a doubt.

Belief In God Makes people Behave worse
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Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centered and even solipsistic.

Cancer Victim hood Permanent temptation Self centered
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For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

The people Ostensibly wish Are worried Immortal soul
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I love it when Muslims go to war with each other, as I do when the Christians do, because it shows there's no such thing as the Christian world and the Islamic world. That's all crap.

Love it Muslims To war Christian do
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Solidarity is an attitude of resistance, I suppose, or it should be.

Solidarity An attitude Resistance
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The violence in the Bible is appalling.

The violence The bible Appalling
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I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if I was going to carry on living.

Make preparation To live Die Every day
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Literature, not scripture, sustains the mind and since there is no other metaphor,also the soul.

Literature Not scripture Sustains The mind
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I don't envy or much respect people who are completely politicized.

Don't envy Much respect People Completely politicized
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I have more than once in my time woken up feeling like death.

I have My time Woken up Feeling
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Only the aspirants for president are fool enough to believe what they read in the newspapers.

The aspirants For president Fool enough To believe
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When we talk about mortality, we are talking about our children.

We talk About morality Our children
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Truth springs from argument amongst friends.

Truth Springs Argument Friends
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It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.
Reason Guide Life Custom
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The law always limits every power it gives.

Law Limits Power Gives
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Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

Surprising Many Governed Few
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The rules of morality are not the conclusion of our reason.

Rules Morality Conclusion Reason
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Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

Philosopher But Man
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Everything in the world is purchased by labor.
Everythiong World Purchased Labor
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To hate, to love, to think, to feel, to see; all this is nothing but to perceive.

Hate Love Think Feel
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The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.

Corruption Best things Rise Worst
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Human Nature is the only science of man; and yet has been hitherto the most neglected.

Human nature Science Man Neglected
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He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper, but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to his circumstance.

Happy Circumstance Temper Excellent
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Beauty in things exists in the mind that contemplates them.

Beauty Exists Mind Contemplates
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[R]evolutions of government cannot be effected by the mere force of argument and reasoning;

Revolutions Government Argument Reasoning
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Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.

Reason Ought only Slave Passions
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A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.

Wise Man Beliefs Evidence
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Men's views of things are the result of their understanding alone. Their conduct is regulated by their understanding, their temper, and their passions.

View Understanding Temper Passion
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The most lively thought is still inferior to the dullest sensation

Lively Thought Inferior Sensation
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All knowledge degenerates into probability.

All knowledge Degenerates Probability
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I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

The end My life Just lived The length
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Words are small shapes in the gorgeous chaos of the world.

Small shapes Gorgeous chaos The world
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I don’t want to be a passenger in my own life.

Don't want A passenger Own life
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Of all the errands life seems to be running, of all the mysteries that enchant us, love is my favorite.

Errands life Be running Mysteries Enchants us
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Love seems to be as Essential as Sunlight.
Love seems As essential Sunlight
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And yet, words are the passkeys to our souls. Without them, we can't really share the enormity of our lives.

Words The pass keys Our souls Really share
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Love is like a batik created from many emotional colors, it is a fabric whose pattern and brightness may vary.

Love Created from Emotional colors Fabric
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Fear is danger to your body, but disgust is danger to your soul.

Fear Is danger Your body Disgust
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We can't enchant the world, which makes its own magic; but we can enchant ourselves by paying deep attention

Can't enchant The world Own magic By paying
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Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is.

Everyone admits Love Is wonderful Necessary
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