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Reverend Ernst Toller: Courage is the solution to despair, reason provides no answers. I can't know what the future will bring; we have to choose despite uncertainty. Wisdom is holding two contradictory truths in our mind, simultaneously, Hope and despair. A life without despair is A life without hope. Holding these two ideas in our head is life itself
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Courage is the solution to despair
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Reason provides no answers
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I can't know what the future will bring
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We have to choose despite uncertainty
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Wisdom is holding two contradictory truths
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in our mind simultaneously
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Hope and despair
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A life without despair is a life without hope
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Holding these two ideas in our head is life itself
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Movie Summary
A minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.
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