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Doubt, the essential preliminary of all improvement and discovery, must accompany the stages of man's onward progress. The faculty of doubting and questioning, without which those of comparison and judgment would be useless, is itself a divine prerogative of the reason. ↗

— Albert Pike

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Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements. ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

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Without a possibility of change in meanings human communication could not perform its present functions. ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

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Why cannot we correct the baneful passions, without weakening the good? ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

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Praying without ceasing is not ritualized, nor are there even words. It is a constant state of awareness of oneness with God. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

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Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

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My appointed work is to awaken the divine nature that is within. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

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When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others. ↗

— Peace Pilgrim

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Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach. ↗

— Pindar

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