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What is it about the component of fire? People have written about it. People have wondered about it.

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements.

Among the notable things about fire is that it also requires oxygen to burn - exactly like its enemy, life. Thereby are life and flames so often compared.

Fire taps something ancient and vital in each of us, something both snarling and reverential.

I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.

The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.

A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.

Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.