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Existentialism is about being a saint without God being your own h

Existentialism is about being a saint without God being your own hero, without all the sanction and support of religion or society. – Anita Brookner

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Life… is not simply a series of exciting new ventures. The future is not always a whole new ball game. There tends to be unfinished business. One trails all sorts of things around with one, things that simply wont be got rid of. – Anita Brookner

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In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game. – Anita Brookner

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There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience. – Saint Ambrose

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In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice because I will not have anybodys torments in this world or the next laid to my charge. – Lord Chesterfield

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In course of time, religion came with its rites invoking the aid of good spirits which were even more powerful than the bad spirits, and thus for the time being tempered the agony of fears. – Paul Harris

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We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection. – Dalai Lama

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