I love and reverence the Word, the bearer of the spirit, the tool and gleaming ploughshare of progress.

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All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.

All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion.

A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which...

A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which...

The writer's joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly...

The writer's joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly...

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them

If you are possessed by an idea, you find it expressed everywhere, you even smell...

If you are possessed by an idea, you find it expressed everywhere, you even smell...

Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.

Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.

All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.

All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.

What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history...

What we call National-Socialism is the poisonous perversion of ideas which have a long history...

Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous- to poetry....

Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous- to poetry....

A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.

A harmful truth is better than a useful lie.

He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.

He who loves the more is the inferior and must suffer.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest...

I shall need to sleep three weeks on end to get rested from the rest...

Disease makes men more physical, it leaves them nothing but body.

Disease makes men more physical, it leaves them nothing but body.

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death.

People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs,...

People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs,...

The insolence of wealth will creep out

The insolence of wealth will creep out

Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image

Behavior is a mirror in which every one displays his own image

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we...

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we...