Religions are born and may die, but superstition in immortal.


, The Age of Reason Begins, 1950

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How very odd, to believe God gave you life, and yet not think that life asks more of you than watchi...
, AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES, 2008
He liked the idea of coffee quite a lot—a warm drink that gave you energy and had been for centurie...
, AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES, 2008
He liked all books, because he liked the mere act of reading, the magic of turning scratches on a pa...
, AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES, 2008
Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to th...
, AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES, 2008
Stories don’t just make us matter to each other—maybe they’re also the only way to the infinite m...
, AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES, 2008
Fear plays an interesting role in our lives. How dare we let it motivate us? How dare we let it into...
, THE OFFICE, SPOOKED, OCTOBER 2011
I believe that much of the world's sorrow is caused by people who are this, but allow themselves to ...
, FROM THE MOVIE "HAROLD & MAUDE"
Everybody should be able to make some music...That's the cosmic dance!
, FROM THE MOVIE "HAROLD & MAUDE"
The police.....always wanting to play games.
, FROM THE MOVIE "HAROLD & MAUDE"
Vice...Virtue...It's not good to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much life. Aim above mo...
, FROM THE MOVIE "HAROLD & MAUDE"
Maude - "The earth is my body, my head is in the stars...Who said that?" Harold- "I don't know." Mau...
, FROM THE MOVIE "HAROLD & MAUDE"
Democracy is, first and foremost, a spiritual force, it is built upon a spiritual basis - and on a b...
, PUBLIC PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: HARRY S. TRUMAN - 1951 U.S. GOV. 1966 P1063
But charity is the PURE LOVE OF CHRIST, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it ...
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
Homines sunt voluntates
ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO. - THE CITY OF GOD - XIV
Most High, glorious God, enlighten the darkness of my heart and give me true faith, certain hope, an...
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI (THE PRAYER BEFORE THE CRUCIFIX
One way or another, we all fight for what we believe in. Doesn't that give us some common ground?
TOM CLANCY, 'THE CARDINAL OF THE KREMLIN'
It was a symposium of horror and heroism, the like of which has not been known in the civilized worl...
THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC AND GREAT SEA DISASTERS
Many of those who elected to remain might have escaped. 'Chivalry' is a mild appellation for their c...
THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC AND GREAT SEA DISASTERS
A traitor is everyone who does not agree with me.
GEORGE III OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
Knavery seems to be so much a the striking feature of its inhabitants that it may not in the end be ...
GEORGE III OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
Lord Chancellor, did I deliver the speech well? I am glad of that, for there was nothing in it.
GEORGE III OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
Once vigorous measures appear to be the only means left of bringing the Americans to a due submissio...
GEORGE III OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
Don't worry, the worst that could happen is we all die.
JADE CURTISS - TALES OF THE ABYSS
Jesus is very much alive and well in the twenty-first century. Jesus is revealed in the lives and wo...
NIK RIPKEN THE INSANITY OF GOD
Old Books Smell Of: A combination of grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla over an...
CHEMISTS OF THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
The person who has trust in divine justice is neither upset when treated unfairly, nor seeks his jus...
ELDER PAISIOS OF THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
The finest rockets ever seen: they burst instars of blue and green, or after thunder golden showers ...
SAMWISE GAMGEE LORD OF THE RINGS
I think if you had someplace to escape to once in a while , it'd help you deal with whatever you're ...
CHRIS COLFER THE LAND OF STORIES
If in barbed wire things can bloom, why couldn't I? I will not die, I will not die.
FRIEDL AND THE CHILDREN OF TEREZIN
A fool who thinks that he is a fool is for that very reason a wise man. The fool who thinks that he...
SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF BUDDHISM
Was there ever such stuff as great as part of Shakespeare? Only one must not say so! But what think ...
GEORGE III OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton.
GEORGE III OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
Woman is always fickle - foolish is he who trusts her.
FRANCIS I
Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy.
STANISLAUS I
Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes 20 years or more of peace to ma...
BAUDOUIN I
Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
NAPOLEON I
When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty.
GREGORY I
One should act in consonance with the way of heaven and earth, which is enduring and eternal. The su...
I CHING
The quiet and solitary man apprehends the inscrutable. He seeks nothing, holds to the mean, and rema...
I CHING
Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, p...
I CHING
Before a thunderstorm there is a build-up of tension which is only relieved by the explosive force o...
I CHING
Creativity comes from awakening and directing men's higher natures, which originate in the primal de...
I CHING
The way of the creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its tru...
I CHING
Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return. Such re...
I CHING
The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances bo...
I CHING
A person in danger should not try to escape at one stroke. He should first calmly hold his own, then...
I CHING
He who possesses the source of enthusiasm will achieve great things. Doubt not. You will gather frie...
I CHING
Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long a...
ELIZABETH I
Fiat justitia et pereat mundus.
Let justice be done, though the world perish.
FERDINAND I
Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: that I have reigned with you...
ELIZABETH I