"We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it."
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"Even if you reject everything, it is always better to know what it is you are rejecting."
"Every time you reject yourself, you idealize others"
"Since I am a great sinner, I cannot reject those who have been, provided they have good will."
"The best stomachs are not those which reject all foods."
"Whether you accept or reject it, God's Love for you is permanent."
"The most incomprehensible thing in the world to a man, is a woman who rejects his offer of marriage!"
"If we reject science, we reject the common man."
"I reject discrimination against Muslim Americans - who are just as patriotic as we are."
"Science rejects the indeterminate."
"…not a fighter… an adventurer. He doesn’t attack, he engages; He doesn’t defend, he expands; He doesn’t destroy, he transforms; He doesn’t reject, he explores; …."
"That which you cannot express is Love. That which you cannot reject/renounce is Beauty. That which you cannot avoid is the Truth."
"The really important thing is not to reject anything."