The most important change
that can occur in a person's life is a change in their faith.
Individuals die, but the
wisdom they have obtained in their lives does not die with them. Mankind keeps
all this wisdom, and a person uses the wisdom of those who lived before him.
The education of mankind reminds me of the creation of the ancient pyramids, in
that every-one who lives puts another stone in the foundation.
We are temporary visitors in this world; after we are educated, we are called
to different places, and we pass away. But the general education of mankind
goes on, very slowly but without interruption.
— After Giuseppe Mazzini
It is a big mistake to think
that faith is immutable, that it does not change over generations. The longer
mankind exists, its faith becomes simpler and stronger. And the simpler and
stronger our faith becomes, the better we live. If you believe that faith is
the same for all times and that it cannot be changed, you might just as well
believe that those fairy tales and proverbs and children's stories which your
grandmother told you when you were a small baby are real, and that you ought to
believe in them all your life.
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