“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
“No, our science is no illusion. But an illusion it would be to suppose that what science cannot give us we can get elsewhere.”
― The Future of an Illusion
― The Future of an Illusion
“I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.”
― Tom Sawyer Abroad
― Tom Sawyer Abroad
“In so doing, the idea forces itself upon him that religion is comparable to a childhood neurosis, and he is optimistic enough to suppose that mankind will surmount this neurotic phase, just as so many children grow out of their similar neurosis.”
― The Future of an Illusion
― The Future of an Illusion
“I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
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