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“The Son of the Carpenter made the door of heaven so low that you must either take off your plumes or stoop humbly to enter it.”

Quote by Austin O'Malley

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Austin O'Malley

Limited information is available about Austin O'Malley (1858-1932). Specific details regarding this individual's identity, profession, and life achievements cannot be verified from available sources. more

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“Talking to a peasant one day, I suggested to him the hypothesis that there might indeed be a God who governs heaven and earth, a Consciousness or Conscience of the Universe, but that even so it would not be sufficient reason to assume that the soul of every man was immortal in the traditional and concrete sense. And he replied, "Then what good is God?”

Source: The Tragic Sense of Life in Men and Nations