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“A faith so weak that it is not sufficient unto itself but requires that others tiptoe around it for fear of hurting it, knows deep down that it is a lie.”
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“Eblis said, "No man who thinks ill, will hear the truth despite a hundred signs.
When one who fantasises is presented with reason his fantasies increase.
When one talks to such a person, their words become the very cause of that person's fantasy. The crusader's sword is a tool for a thief.
So the response to him is silence and peace; to talk with an idiot is insanity.
—Mathnawi-ye ma'nawi II 2714–17”
― The Great Satan
When one who fantasises is presented with reason his fantasies increase.
When one talks to such a person, their words become the very cause of that person's fantasy. The crusader's sword is a tool for a thief.
So the response to him is silence and peace; to talk with an idiot is insanity.
—Mathnawi-ye ma'nawi II 2714–17”
― The Great Satan
“Knowledge is responsibility, which is why people resist knowledge.”
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“Lies don't make you happy. They just make you lie about being happy.”
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“We want our delusions and will violently defend these when confronted. We want to believe that the job that is slowly choking us is good, because the effort it would take to change is too terrifying to contemplate. We never want to hear how badly we are being treated in a relationship because we are strong and how dare you suggest we don't know better.”
― Pagan Standard Times: Essays on the Craft
― Pagan Standard Times: Essays on the Craft
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