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No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the read more
No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it.
Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, read more
Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill because they pissed me off.
The Churches must learn humility as well as teach it.
The Churches must learn humility as well as teach it.
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not read more
From childhood's hour I have not been
As others were; I have not seen
As others saw; I could not bring
My passions from a common spring.
From the same source I have not taken
My sorrow; I could not awaken
My heart to joy at the same tone;
And all I loved, I loved alone.
"The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the read more
"The Church says that the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round. For I have seen the shadow on the moon and I have more faith in the Shadow than in the Church.
A man met a lad weeping. "What do you weep for?" he asked. "I am weeping for my sins," said read more
A man met a lad weeping. "What do you weep for?" he asked. "I am weeping for my sins," said the lad. "You must have little to do," said the man. The next day, they met again. Once more the lad was weeping. "Why do you weep now?" asked the man. "I am weeping because I have nothing to eat," said the lad. "I thought it would come to that," said the man.
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.
We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
The mind never fully accepts any convictions that it does not owe to its own efforts.
The mind never fully accepts any convictions that it does not owe to its own efforts.
