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To believe Christ's cross to be a friend, as he himself is a friend, is also a special act of faith. ↗

— Samuel Rutherford

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By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else. ↗

— Solomon Schechter

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One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed. ↗

— Maimonides

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While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it. ↗

— Maimonides

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In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the truth that the civilisation which surrounds him is a rare exception in the history of the world. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

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Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

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If a person goes to his job with a firm determination to give of himself the best of which he is capable, that job no matter what it is takes on dignity and importance. ↗

— Hortense Odlum

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Contemporary thinkers would say that man is continuously transcending himself. ↗

— Gabriel Marcel

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Once it was suggested that Saddam Hussein might give his weaponry to terrorists, or might use weapons himself in the region, then it became hard for the Democrats to say, 'Well, that can't happen.' ↗

— Chris Matthews

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Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. ↗

— Chief Seattle

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