Thinking is like exercise, it requires consistency and rigor. Like barbells in a weightlifting room, the classics force us to either put them down or exert our minds. They require us to think.

Oliver DeMille
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  2. Religious faith indeed relates to that which is above us but it must arise from that which is within us.

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