“The need for devotion to something outside ourselves is even more profound than the need for companionship. If we are not to go to pieces or wither away, we must have some purpose in life; for no man can live for himself alone.”
Ross Parmenter – Anthropologist
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“Every now and again take a good look at something not made with hands: a mountain, a star, the turn of a stream. There will come to you wisdom and patience and solace and, above all, the assurance that you are not alone in the world.”
Sidney Lovett – Minister

“Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.”
Saint Augustine (354-430);
Roman Catholic Saint
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Augustine of Hippo (354-430);
Theologian
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Orlando A. Battista (1917-1995);
Chemist, Author
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Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899);
Orator, Attorney, Politician
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Orlando A. Battista (1917-1995);
Chemist, Author
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Jesse Jackson (born 1941);
Politician, Civil Rights Activist
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Andrew Jackson (1767-1845);
7th U.S. President
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969);
34th U.S. President
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James Cash Penney (1875-1971);
Founder Of J.C. Penney Corporation
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Frank Kafka (1883-1924);
Writer, Novelist
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