Quote by Georg Simmel
In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions whic

In the latter case life rests upon a thousand presuppositions which the individual can never trace back to their origins, and verify but which he must accept upon faith and belief. – Georg Simmel

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Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life. – Georg Simmel

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respect
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Every relationship between persons causes a picture of each to take form in the mind of the other, and this picture evidently is in reciprocal relationship with that personal relationship. – Georg Simmel

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relationship
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For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation it is a specific form of interaction. – Georg Simmel

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We got on his label, and the Bizarre organization is just going up and up. So we have faith. – Alice Cooper

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No matter how old we become, we can still call them Holy Mother and Father and put a child-like trust in them. – Desmond Morris

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Christians can bring peace to multi-religious Europe because we are able to understand the role of faith in the lives of other believers better than atheists. – Timothy Radcliffe

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Your faithfulness makes you trustworthy to God. – Edwin Louis Cole

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The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances. – Martha Washington

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I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves. – Jonathan Swift

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In the United States theres a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner. – Umberto Eco

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The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another’s little lapses. – David Storey

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