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Nothing as mundane as mere evidence can be allowed to threaten a vision so deeply satisfying.
Nothing as mundane as mere evidence can be allowed to threaten a vision so deeply satisfying.
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation read more
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow--
You are not read more
Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow--
You are not wrong who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
In isolated societies creeds can be preserved. It is where people of different traditions, outlook and creeds mingle freely and read more
In isolated societies creeds can be preserved. It is where people of different traditions, outlook and creeds mingle freely and exchange ideas that religious beliefs begin to be eroded. No one changes his beliefs without some instigation, some novel experience, some modification of the customary course of things, and in a closed society people believe what all their fellows obviously believe. Only when they are brought into contact with persons whom they respect holding different views do they begin to look at their inherited beliefs critically.
When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday, cash me out.
When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday, cash me out.
I admit that the generation which produced Stalin, Auschwitz and Hiroshima will take some beating; but the radical and universal read more
I admit that the generation which produced Stalin, Auschwitz and Hiroshima will take some beating; but the radical and universal consciousness of the death of God is still ahead of us; perhaps we shall have to colonize the stars before it is finally borne in upon us that God is not out there.
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.
It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.
It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.
Non-violence is the article of faith.
Non-violence is the article of faith.
