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Humility means that one should not be anxious to have the satisfaction of being honored by others.
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The whole bible is the working out of the relationship between God and man. God is not a dictator barking out orders and demanding silent obedience. Were it so, there would be no relationship at all. No real relationship goes just one way. There are always two active parties. We must have reverence and awe for God, and honor for the chain of tradition. But that doesn't mean we can't use new information to help us read the holy texts in new ways.
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I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action--no matter what the action is--might help you feel better.
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You can't be without passion. Passion means the possessiveness to be the best.
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What a bog and labyrinth the human essence is... We are all overbrained and overemotioned.
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What idiocy, to racing into this story and its labyrinths, sprinting away from our happiness among the fresh spring grasses by the oak.
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I'm the world's expert on sterotypes held by academics about athletes and held by athletes about academics. To me, both of them are caricatures.
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As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow.
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I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world.
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Let me tell you, though: being the smartest boy in the world wasn’t easy. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t want this. On the contrary, it was a huge burden. First, there was the task of keeping my brain perfectly protected. My cerebral cortex was a national treasure, a masterpiece of the Sistine Chapel of brains. This was not something that could be treated frivolously. If I could have locked it in a safe, I would have. Instead, I became obsessed with brain damage.
