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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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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Happiness
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The American reading his Sunday paper in a state of lazy collapse is perhaps the most perfect symbol of the triumph of quantity over quality…. Whole forests are being ground into pulp daily to minister to our triviality. – Irving Babbitt

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Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life. – Gregory Peck

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I do not purpose to discuss faith in its dogmatic sense today. – Matthew Simpson

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I come now to tell you for what I am brought here to die, and to give you an account of my faith, which I shall do as in the sight of the living God before whom I am shortly to stand. – Donald Cargill

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Put your faith in God and confidence in yourself. – Alberta Hunter

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Ive convinced myself – I hope Im right – that children despair of you if you dont tell them the truth. – Maurice Sendak

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Humor that is edgy is never squeaky clean. – Jeff Ross

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We want to reinvent the phone. Whats the killer app? The killer app is making calls! Its amazing how hard it is to make calls on most phones. We want to let you use contacts like never before – sync your iPhone with your PC or mac. – Steve Jobs

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