God wants man to fulfill his commands as a human being and with the quality peculiar to human beings.

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An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

Solitude is the place of purification.

Solitude is the place of purification.

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.

Play is the exultation of the possible.

Play is the exultation of the possible.

For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his...

For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his...

A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is...

A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is...

For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his...

For sin is just this, what man cannot by its very nature do with his...

When people come to you for help, do not turn them off with pious words,...

When people come to you for help, do not turn them off with pious words,...

The standard that a society should actually embody its own professed principles is a utopian...

The standard that a society should actually embody its own professed principles is a utopian...

Integrity can be neither lost nor concealed nor faked nor quenched nor artificially come by...

Integrity can be neither lost nor concealed nor faked nor quenched nor artificially come by...

The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.

The most important persuasion tool you have in your entire arsenal is integrity.

I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be...

I have but one system of ethics for men and for nations - to be...

Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own...

Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own...

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.

Grub first, then ethics.

Grub first, then ethics.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than...

An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than...

What would our world be like if we ceased to worry about 'right' and 'wrong,'...

What would our world be like if we ceased to worry about 'right' and 'wrong,'...

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as...

To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as...

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.

Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.

Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide...

Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide...

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.