"Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs."
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"When I meet a man, I am not concerned about his opinions. I am concerned about the man."
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"Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed."
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"If naturalism were true then all thoughts whatever would be wholly the result of irrational causes. It cuts its own throat."
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"The Supernatural is only the Natural disclosed."
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"I believe that a triangle, if it could speak, would say that God is eminently triangular, and a circle that the divine nature is eminently circular; and thus would every one ascribe his own attributes to God."
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"Scepticism is the first step towards truth."
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"The question of whether there exists a Creator and Ruler of the Universe has been answered in the affirmative by some of the highest intellects that have ever existed."
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"Humankind cannot bear very much reality."
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"A saint addicted to excessive self-abnegation is a dangerous associate; he may infect you with poverty, and a stiffening of those joints which are needed for advancement-in a word, with more renunciation than you care for-and so you flee the contagion."
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"In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different professions thereof is what all good and candid minds in all ages have ever practiced, and both by precept and example inculcated on mankind."
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"The way of Providence is a little rude. The habit of snake and spider, the snap of the tiger and other leapers and bloody jumpers, the crackle of the bones of his prey in the coil of the anaconda-these are in the system, and our habits are like theirs."
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"I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts."
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"It is the characteristic of a weak and diseased mind to fear the unfamiliar."
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"For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization."
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"The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity."
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"I'm a born - again atheist."
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"The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest."
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"Christianity was from the beginning, essentially and fundamentally, life's nausea and disgust with life, merely concealed behind, masked by, dressed up as, faith in "another" or "better" life."
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"If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one."
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