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Quote by George Santayana
That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so

That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject. – George Santayana

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Music is a means of giving form to our inner feelings, without attaching them to events or objects in the world. – George Santayana

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Each religion, by the help of more or less myth which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny. – George Santayana

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Fear doesnt exist anywhere except in the mind. – Dale Carnegie

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Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. – John Cheever

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A propensity to hope and joy is real riches one to fear and sorrow real poverty. – David Hume

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Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life. – Charles Frohman

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The very contradictions in my life are in some ways signs of Gods mercy to me. – Thomas Merton

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An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason. – Jon Meacham

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