There was need of a phantastic, indestructible optimism, and one far removed from all sense of reality, in order, for example, to discover in the shameful death of Christ really the highest salvation and the redemption of the world. Psychology of the Unconscious
Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have someone to divide it with. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson
If the immortal is also imperishable, the soul when attacked by death cannot perish; for the preceding argument shows that the soul will not admit of death, or even be dead, any more than three or the odd number will admit of the even... The Trials Of Socrates
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