Quote by Irving Babbitt
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A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism. – Irving Babbitt

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Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity – the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power. – Irving Babbitt

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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful. – Irving Babbitt

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There must be a tomorrow, because my life overflows today. – Lois Chartrand

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Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies. – Mother Teresa

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Through history, people look for something spiritual. The greatest scientists in the world were men of religion and faith, too. – Kirstie Alley

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The faith I was born into formed me. – Huston Smith

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