“Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us?”
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“When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion.”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
“I'm completely in favor of the
separation of Church and State.
... These two institutions screw us up enough
on their own, so both of them together is
certain death.”
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separation of Church and State.
... These two institutions screw us up enough
on their own, so both of them together is
certain death.”
―
“Man with all his noble qualities, with sympathy which feels for the most debased, with benevolence which extends not only to other men but to the humblest living creature, with his god-like intellect which has penetrated into the movements and constitution of the solar system—with all these exalted powers—Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.”
― The Descent of Man
― The Descent of Man
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