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“If God made the world, I would not be that God, for the misery of the world would break my heart.”

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Arthur Schopenhauer was a prominent German philosopher born on February 22, 1788, and died on September 21, 1860. He is one of the most important figures in 19th-century German philosophy and is known for his unique pessimistic philosophical ideas. more

“But Christ could certainly not have established the Church. That is, the institution we now call by that name, for nothing resembling our present conception of the Church-with its sacraments, its hierarchy, and especially its claim to infallibility-is to be found in Christ's words or in the conception of the men of his time.”

Men Found Names Christ Church He Man Claims Institutions Conception Sacraments Hierarchy Infallibility

Book:The kingdom of God: and peace essays

Source: The kingdom of God: and peace essays

“The need to express one's self in writing springs from a maladjustment of life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action.”

Men Needs Writing Self Action Conflict Spring Resolve Grown Man Inner Conflict

Author:Andre Maurois

“There never has yet existed a wealthy and civilized society in which one portion of the community did not, in point of fact, live on the labor of the other.”

Facts Community Labor Wealthy Civilized Portions Civilized Society

Book:The Works of John C. Calhoun Volume 2

Source: The Works of John C. Calhoun Volume 2

“A man can be right and president, but he can't be both at the same time.”

Men President

Author:Finley Peter Dunne

“When depreciated, mutilated, or debased coinage (or currency) is in concurrent circulation with money of high value in terms of precious metals, the good money automatically disappears.”

Values Term Disappear Metals Currency Circulation Good Money Precious Metal

Author:Thomas Gresham

“President Roosevelt proved that a President could serve for life. Truman proved that anyone could be elected. Eisenhower proved that your country can be run without a President.”

Country Running President Truman President Roosevelt

Author:Nikita Khrushchev

“What kind of truth is this which is true on one side of a mountain and false on the other?”

Kind Sides Truth Is Mountain

Book:The Autobiography of Michel de Montaigne: Comprising the Life of the Wisest Man of His Times : His Childhood, Youth, and Prime : His Adventures in Love and Marriage, at Court, and in Office, War, Revolution, and Plague : His Travels at Home and Abroad : His Habits, Tastes, Whims, and Opinions

Source: The Autobiography of Michel de Montaigne: Comprising the Life of the Wisest Man of His Times : His Childhood, Youth, and Prime : His Adventures in Love and Marriage, at Court, and in Office, War, Revolution, and Plague : His Travels at Home and Abroad : His Habits, Tastes, Whims, and Opinions

“Nothing else is going to matter if we kill the earth and we kill the food and we destroy the gene pool and there aren't any people around to enjoy the earth.”

People Ifs Matter Earth Enjoy Pool Genes

Author:Rosalie Bertell

“As I go across the country and privately visit women's shelters and counselling centres, I am appalled that the most vulnerable people in our society are still women.”

People Stills Country Vulnerable Our Society Shelter Centre

Author:Adrienne Clarkson

“I believe that the time has come for women to take more active roles in all domains of human society, in an age in which education and the capacities of the mind, not physical strength, define leadership. This could help create a more equitable and compassionate society.”

Mind Believe Humans Helping Age I Believe Roles Capacity Active Compassionate Domain Human Society Equitable Physical Strength

Author:Dalai Lama

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