To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.

Alphonse De Lamartine
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  4. Limited in his nature, infinite in his desires, man is a fallen god who remembers the heavens.

  5. If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad?

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