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“It is a strange kind of fire, the fire of self-righteousness, which gives us such pleasure by its warmth but does so little to banish the darkness.”
― Ben H. Winters, Underground Airlines

“To say “I don’t know” is not an admission of weakness or ignorance, but an act of truthfulness: an honest acceptance of the limits of the human condition when faced with “the great matter of birth and death.” This deep agnosticism is more than the refusal of conventional agnosticism to take a stand on whether God exists or whether the mind survives bodily death. It is the willingness to embrace the fundamental bewilderment of a finite, fallible creature as the basis for leading a life that no longer clings to the superficial consolations of certainty. By”
― Stephen Batchelor, Confession of a Buddhist Atheist

“After a little while, he patted Pong's shoulder and smiled widely. "Thank you, my boy." "For what?" "For teaching me that desperate people deserve our compassion, not our judgement.”
― Christina Soontornvat, A Wish in the Dark

“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.”
― Dr. Ian Malcolm