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Of this our true individual life, our present life is a glimpse, a fragment, a hint, and in its best moments a visible beginning.
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Loyalty is a good for the loyal man; but it may be mischievous for those whom his cause assails.
Josiah Royce
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God too longs; and because the Absolute Life itself, which dwells in our life, and inspires these very longings, possesses the true world, and is that world.
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Religious faith, indeed, relates to that which is above us, but it must arise from that which is within us.
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Memory and hope constantly incite us to the extensions of the self which play so large a part in our daily life.
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Life involves passions, faiths, doubts, and courage.
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God is One, all our lives have various and unique places in the harmony of the divine life.
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Men accept without questioning that this world is real and important and worthwhile. This is faith. Philosophy is the ongoing questioning of this faith.
Josiah Royce