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1. How can one find truth and, specifically, the meaning of life? Can you find it by reasoning? How would you define "reason"? 2. What is the relationship between these two words: "religion" and "spirituality"? Are they the same? 3. If you belive in God, how do you understand the problem of salvation? How does one find God? How is one to be "saved"? How does one find a place in Heaven? 4. Have you ever had a "religious experience"? Where and when? 5. How would you describe your own personal relationship to nature? 6. Do you support the current environment movement? If so, why?
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How prompt we are to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our bodies; how slow to satisfy the hunger and thirst of our souls.
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When I hear a robin sing at sunset, I cannot help contrast the magnanimity of nature with the bustle and impatience of man.
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In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they shall fail immediately, they had better aim at something high.
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The ways by which you get money almost without exception lead downward.To have done anything by which you earned money merely is to have been truly idle or worse
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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.