Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond justice.

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Goodness armed with power is corrupted, and pure love without power is destroyed.

Goodness armed with power is corrupted, and pure love without power is destroyed.

Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.

Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.

If we survive danger, it steels our courage more than anything else.

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    We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.

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