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“What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?”
― Thoreau Journal 9
― Thoreau Journal 9
“What greater gift than the love of a cat.”
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“I find I am much prouder of the victory I obtain over myself, when, in the very ardor of dispute, I make myself submit to my adversary’s force of reason, than I am pleased with the victory I obtain over him through his weakness.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“There is nothing in the world so easy to explain as failure - it is, after all, what everybody does all the time.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“Here is the point about myself and my co-thinkers. Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith.
We do not hold our convictions dogmatically. We believe with certainty that an ethical life can be lived without religion. And we know for a fact that the corollary holds true - that religion has caused innumerate people not just to conduct themselves no better than others, but to award themselves permission to behave in ways that would make a brothel-keeper or an ethnic cleanser raise an eyebrow.”
― God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
We do not hold our convictions dogmatically. We believe with certainty that an ethical life can be lived without religion. And we know for a fact that the corollary holds true - that religion has caused innumerate people not just to conduct themselves no better than others, but to award themselves permission to behave in ways that would make a brothel-keeper or an ethnic cleanser raise an eyebrow.”
― God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
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